Gilashin Lotus

Kofin Lotus ko ko kofin Alabaster, wanda Howard Carter ya kira Kofin Wishing, ya samo asali ne daga kabarin Fir'auna na Masar na Dā Tutankhamun na Daular 18. Abu ya sami lambar ganowa 014 kuma an nuna shi a Gidan Tarihi na Masar a Alkahira, tare da lambobin kaya JE 67465 da GEM 36.An tura shi zuwa Babban Gidan Tarihi na Masar da ba a bude ba.

 Bincike 
An gano kabarin saurayi sarki (KV62) kusan ba a taɓa shi ba a Kwarin Sarakuna a Yammacin Thebes ta Howard Carter a ranar 4 ga Nuwamba 1922. Kofin lotus yana daya daga cikin abubuwa na farko da Carter da masu tonowa suka samu a lokacin da suka shiga kabarin; jirgin ya kasance a ƙasa nan da nan a cikin ɗakin. Wannan ba shine matsayinta na asali ba.Jaromir Malek. The Treasures of Tutankhamun. London 2006, , p. 29.  

 Abubuwan da ke ciki 
An sassaƙa kofin lotus daga wani yanki na alabaster. Kofin yana ɗaukar siffar fararen lotus a cikin cikakken fure, wanda aka gano ta hanyar petals dinsa. Tallafin don hannayen suna kama da furanni masu launin shudi waɗanda ke kewaye da buds da ke girma sama, tare da Allah Heh zaune a kan kwando (alama ce ta neb) a kan matakai na petals. A kowane hannun Heh yana riƙe da haƙarƙarin dabino tare da ƙididdigar shekaru; kowane haƙarƙanin dabino yana kwance a bayan tadpole da ke zaune a kan zoben shen. A saman ƙarshen kowane haƙarƙarin dabino akwai alamar ankh, alamar rayuwa. Wannan alama ce ta allahn "shekaru miliyoyin", allahn rashin iyaka da har abada: haƙarƙarin dabino shine rubutun shekara, yayin da tadpole ke wakiltar 100,000 kuma zoben shen alama ce ta har abada. Hoton da ya durƙusa na allahn shine rubutun hieroglyph don lambar "miliyan daya". Ana samun wannan ma'anar a kan wasu abubuwa daga kabarin kamar kujerar al'ul (JE 62029, sami lambar 87). Saboda haka, kwafin yana nuna rayuwar Sarki Tutankhamun marar iyaka da madawwami.

Lotus yana da mahimmanci a cikin tatsuniyoyin Masar don haihuwar allahn rana, wanda ya fito daga lotus, bayan ya tashi daga ambaliyar ruwan farko na Nun. Sunan sarki a tsakiyar fararen fure don haka alama ce ta sake haihuwarsa. Wannan hoton yana ganin a zahiri a cikin Shugaban Nefertem wanda ke nuna Tutankhamun yana fitowa daga blue lotus a matsayin sabon allahn rana.

 Rubuce-rubuce 
An zana rubutun kuma an cika su da launi mai launin shudi. Howard Carter ya kwafe rubutun kuma ya nemi Alan Gardiner ya samar da fassarar, tunda ya buƙaci wannan don bugawa. Babban lotus, wanda ya zama ainihin kofin, yana da Sunan farko ko sunan kursiyin 'Nebkheperure' da kuma sunansa ko sunan kansa 'Tutankhamun' da aka rubuta a ciki tare da taken 'ƙaunataccen Amun-Re, ubangijin kursiyin ƙasashe biyu da ubangijin sama, wanda aka ba da rai har abada.'  Rubutun yana gudana daga dama zuwa hagu.

Za a karanta rubutun a gefen gilashin a bangarori biyu. Daga hagu zuwa dama, farawa da tsakiyar ankh shine cikakken jigon Tutankhamun sau biyar:

 Mayu (shi) ya rayu, Horus Mighty Bull, kyakkyawa ta haihuwa, Mata Biyu Masu Kyau na Dokoki, waɗanda ke kwantar da Ƙasashe Biyu, Horus na Zinariya Mai Girma na Kotu, wanda ke kwantar wa alloli, Sarkin Upper da Lower Misira da Ubangiji na Ƙasashe biyu Nebkheperure, wanda aka ba da rai.

Daga dama zuwa hagu, farawa tare da alamar ankh, shine:

 Bari ka ka ka ya rayu, bari ka ciyar da miliyoyin shekaru, ku da ke ƙaunar Thebes, ku zauna da fuskarku zuwa arewacin iska, idanunku suna ganin farin ciki.Nicholas Reeves, John H. Taylor: Howard Carter before Tutankhamun. British Museum Press; London 1992, , p. 188; T. G. H. James: Tutanchamun. Der ewige Glanz des jungen Pharaos. Köln 2000, p. 311.

Saboda rubutun, Howard Carter ya kira kofin lotus Kofin soyayya na Sarki. An ambaci rubutun sha'awa daga kofin lotus a kan dutse na biyu na Howard Carter.

 Nunawa 
Baya ga nuna shi a Gidan Tarihi na Masar a Alkahira, kwalban lotus yana daga cikin abubuwan da aka samo asali don baje kolin farko na kayan kabarin Tutankhamun. Har ila yau, an nuna shi tare da nune-nunen lamba 39 a cikin nune-nununen Treasures of Tutankhamun na duniya.

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