IMHICIHU   13380
INSTITUTO MULTIDISCIPLINARIO DE HISTORIA Y CIENCIAS HUMANAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
capítulos de libros
Título:
Crimen y castigo en La contienda entre Horus y Seth
Autor/es:
CAMPAGNO, MARCELO
Libro:
Estudios sobre parentesco y Estado en el Antiguo Egipto
Editorial:
Facultad de Filosofía y Letras-UBA / Ediciones del Signo
Referencias:
Lugar: Buenos Aires; Año: 2006; p. 211 - 226
Resumen:
In
Ancient Egypt, the coexistence of kinship and State logics of social
organization can be seen not only in the context of social practices but also
in the divine world, where gods usually appear exerting kinship and State-like
procedures. Here we will focus on the tale of The Contendings of Horus and Seth, contained in the Papyrus Chester
Beatty I, in which these two gods litigate for the right to the office of
Osiris before a divine court. At first sight, the judicial practices involved
in the tale might appear as representatives of State judicial procedures.
However, several events which take place during the trial tend to offer an image
very different from those representations coming from the realm of State
judicial courts, and suggest a scenario comparable to the ways of solving
conflicts in non-State societies, organized through kinship practices. We will
consider four episodes of The Contendings,
in which four different gods namely, Baba, Anty, Horus, and Seth are regarded
as deservers of some kind of punishment. We will suggest that the remarkable
differences in the resolutions of these episodes can be connected with the
diverse influence kinship and State principles exert throughout the tale.