Meaning of Peret | Babel Free

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One of the three seasons of Ancient Egypt, coming after Akhet and before Shemu; Emergence.

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“[Year 9, Xandikos day 4], which is equivalent to the Egyptian month, second month of Peret, day 18, of the King ‘The Youth who has appeared as King in the place of his Father’, the Lord of the Uraei ‘Whose might is great, who has established Egypt, causing it to prosper, whose heart is beneficial before the gods’…”

“In other words, the crew did not show up for work from I peret 19 to 22, only to resume work on I peret 23.”

“Favorite dates were the first month of the akhet season and the third month of the peret season.”

“Fortunately, the absence record is picked up in the more complete Ostracon Cairo CG 25521, which records absences from IV Akhet 15 through to the end of I Peret.”

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