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“The starvation Panel is a carved rock found on the island of Suhail in Aswan, which talks about seven years of drought and starvation during the reign of King Djoser.”
"At the top of the plate, Djoser makes offerings to three Egyptian gods, Khnum, Satis, and Enoch. It is believed that they were carved in the Ptolemaic era."
"The painting describes how the king was angry and anxious, due to the drought in which Egypt occurred for seven years, during which the Nile did not overflow. Zoser asked the priests of his minister, Imhotep, to help. The priests discussed the matter in the temple of Thoth in Hermopolis, and informed the priest of the king that who controlled In the flood of the Nile is the god Khnum on Elephantine Island, and he is angry so he does not allow water to flow.
“Djoser commanded to carry the offerings to the south in an attempt to appease Khnum the next night, the king saw a dream that he was preparing
Khnoum in it ends the famine. The king also issued a decision granting the temple of Khnum in the proceeds of the area between Aswan and Elephantine, as well as a share of all imports of Nubia.
"Since the initial translation and examination by French archaeologist Paul Barget in 1953, the Famine Panel was of great importance to historians and Egyptologists. The language and design lines used in the engraving indicate that the work can be traced back to the Ptolemaic period, and perhaps to the reign of Ptolemy V around 205: 180 BC Egyptologists such as Miriam Yachthaim and Werner Fisichel point out that the local priests of Khnum composed the text.
The various religious groups in Egypt during the Ptolemaic dynasty were wrestling over power and influence, so the story of the Famine Panel could be used as a means to legalize the authority of the Khnum priests over Elephantine.
"At the time of the translation of the painting for the first time, it was believed that it was related to the story of the biblical seven years famine in Genesis chapter 41 (the story of the Prophet Joseph). But more recent research has shown that the seven-year famine was a common myth among almost all cultures from the eastern region. There is a legend in Mesopotamia that also speaks of a famine of seven years and is the famous epic poetic legend Gilgamesh.
"Where God Anu gives prophecy about a famine for seven years
Beside the Famine Panel there is an Egyptian story of long-term drought in the so-called (Book of the Temple) translated by German demotic linguist Joachim Friedrich Kwak, the ancient text of King Nefer-ka-Sucker (late in the second family), who faces a seven-year famine During his reign .
The Famine Panel is one of only three known inscriptions linking the name of the cartouche Zoser (“meaning: divine or holy”) with the name of Horus or Serekh Nter-Khet (“meaning: divine body”) of King Djoser in one word. Consequently, it is It provides a useful guide for Egyptologists and historians involved in rebuilding the royal chronology of the ancient kingdom of Egypt.
