Friday, April 24, 2015

Golden Books: Pyrgi Tablets

Pyrgi Tablets written in Etruscan and Phoenician languages. Etruscan Museum in Rome.
I came across a book made of gold, said to be the oldest multi-page book every found, which dates to 600BC. Being one who studies knowledge I was curious to know what it said and if anything relating to the goddess of writing could be found on its golden pages. It tells a story that again links Africa to Europe through the stories of the goddess. I am not so sure about the translation or that I understand fully what it means but a few of the words caught my attention: kkb (Star),  'strt (Astarte), krr (calendar month), rbt (lady, grand, large, female rabbatu), sms (sun), snt (year), heram (Hermes).
This is in the Pyrgi Tablets found in Santa Severa, Italy. Because the history of Seshat is so deeply entrenched in human culture instead of looking for direct clues, like Sst or her star symbol, I do not omit strings of commonalities that she represented when doing my research. So to see the star, which is her symbol, Astarte, which is a later representation of her aspects, Hermes, who is also a later representation of her aspect, calendar, which is a part of the body of knowledge she represented on time, year, and sun which is iconic with this representations of time and the divine. When I see all of these together it catches my attention and I imagine that the scribe may have been a priest of Seshat or student of the body of knowledge her icon represents. Maybe he or she even wore the leopard print garb! What is striking to me is here is that these symbolic terms are found among the Greek, once again linking Thebes to early civilized culture in Europe. In my Egypt in Nashville Tour I discuss some of these cultural continuities in architecture from Kemet to Greece that are seen in the Parthenon and "Lady Wisdom" Athena.

Other images from Pyrgi:
Detail of clay group with mythological scene from the Theban cycle, from the area of temple A at Pyrgi, mid-5th century BC.
Etruscan architectural plaque from the columen of the temple A at Pyrgi. Scene from the Theban Cycle, the Seven against Thebes: Menerva, Tinia, Capaneus, Tydeus and Melanippus
The poetry used hexameter and was recited orally. It is almost like the scripts we have existing today are lyrics to a rap song or music sheet. The Iliad and the Odyssey are examples of this poetry. These were a part of the Theban cycle, 4 lost epics now in Greek literature about the history of the Boeotian city of Thebes in dactylic hexameter. Said to be written between 750 and 500BC. The most famous story includes the number 7, "Seven against Thebes". It is a play about a battle between Argive (Argos) and Thebes led by Eteocles (King of Thebes). This was left for us today by Aeschylus the first of the 3 ancient greek tragedy writers, Sophocles and Euripides being the other two.
Is authorship is questioned in some of his plays because they continue to be "discoverd" on Egyptian papyrus.

http://ldsdoctrine.blogspot.com/2008/05/archeological-evidence-for-reformed_29.html

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