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yes I know that sobek, crocodile, refers to "the crocodile god"
and names were acquired as one went through life for various
reasons. The principle behind having a nick name, or a street
name, or a "nom de guerre" was what went into formal naming.
E.g., the throne name as distinct from birth name as distinct
from some other name.
Looking at Exodus 2:1-6, I see that both pitch and asphalt
were daubed on an ARK of bullrushes, and that this definitely
meant an enclosed with lid type thing, is shown in that the
daughter of pharoah "opened" it.
Such a thing floating in the reeds by the river bank, would
look like part of a crocodile. Maybe a young one. Or part
of one old enough to be worthy of attention of a croc wrestler?
An odd thing to do, if one wasn't aiming to get the specific
attention of a specific person whose inclinations were known.
At the very least, even if she was a delicate soul with some
scaly skin anomaly somewhere that got her a crocodile
moniker, this would look like a gift from her eponymous
deity. But still, it would be a very aggressive sort to go
investigating something the size of a cradle that looked like
a croc or part of one.
So it is possible that the Amenemhet identification is correct,
there is a certain oddity that makes sense.
My problem about listing so and so in MB III is that if
MB III gets a date range change, then suddenly you don't
know by just glancing where your target of interest is, you
have to plow through several articles to find the supposed
actual date and more or less exact correlation another
king.
So what is the alleged date more or less of Amenemhet
minus 250 year markdown as per the Age is Darkness
or whatever that book was? I think I lost or sold my copy.
Mary Christine
In a message dated 7/13/2009 4:04:24 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, bjorn07se@... writes:
Sobeknefru means something like (the crocodile god) Sobek is very
beautiful! (Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.)
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