Malqata Menat

Gidan Tarihi na Metropolitan Museum of Art Expedition ne ya gano **Malkata Menat** a cikin 1910, a cikin wani gida mai zaman kansa kusa da fadar Heb Seds na Amenhotep III a Malqata, Thebes .  Menat wani nau'in wuyan wuyan da aka yi da jerin igiyoyi na beads waɗanda ke samar da wuyan wuya mai faɗi da ma'auni na ƙarfe. Ana iya sa menat a wuyansa ko riƙe shi a hannu kuma a yi *maza* rauni a lokacin raye-raye na addini da kuma tarurruka na addini.

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A cikin 1910, Herbert E. Winlock ne ya jagoranci binciken da aka yi a Malqata, wanda ya jagoranci Gidan Tarihi na Metropolitan daga 1910 zuwa 1921. Yayinda suke tono *maza* daga cikin gidaje masu zaman kansu ƙungiyar Winlock ta sami ma'anar, tare da wasu ƙwallo biyu a cikin ragowar jakar lilin. Saboda farkon ranar binciken ba a san ainihin asalin binciken ba. Bayanan binciken kawai sun bayyana cewa an samo shi a kusurwar ɗaya daga cikin ɗakuna a cikin wani gida mai zaman kansa kuma ƙananan alamun jakar lilin da aka adana kayan ado har yanzu suna bayyane lokacin da aka gano shi. A ƙarshen lokacin tonowa na 1910 a Malqata Gidan Tarihi na Metropolitan da Sabis na Tsohon Masarawa, wanda aka sani da Service des Antiquités de l'Egypte a wannan lokacin, sun raba kayan tarihi daga lokacin tonowa daidai. Gidan kayan gargajiya na Metropolitan ya sami Malqata menat a cikin wannan ɓangaren kuma kayan tarihi har yanzu suna cikin tarin gidan kayan gargajiya. A halin yanzu ana nuna shi a Met Fifth Avenue a cikin gallery 119.

## ''Menats''
An fara tabbatar da ƙwallo na *Menat* a cikin Tsohon Masarautar da firistoci mata na allahiya Hathor ke sawa. allahiyar Hathor tana da alaƙa da kiɗa da rawa. Kalmomin Hathor sun hada da "Lady of Music", "Lady na Chorus Dance" da "L Lady of Inebriety, Jubilation and of Music". Firistoci mata na Hathor galibi ana nuna su a cikin hotuna na tsohuwar Masar suna girgiza maza a cikin rawa na Hathori. A cewar Paul Barguet a cikin littafinsa na 1952 "L'Origine et la Signification du Contrepoids du Collier-*Menat*", a lokacin Masarautar Tsakiya ana kiran allahiyar Mut wani lokacin, "Lady of the Menat". *maza*">Menat necklaces ya yi aiki a matsayin abin sha'awa na Hathor, ma'ana "Menat na iya kawo wadanda suka rike shi kai tsaye tare da allahntaka kuma ya ba su albarkatun allahiya".

A lokacin Sabon Masarautar, addinai daban-daban sun yi amfani da ƙuƙwalwar ƙuƙwalwa, ba kawai firistoci na Hathor ba. An yi amfani da *Menats* a cikin al'adun hadaya na yau da kullun a cikin temples, a cikin bukukuwan addini da kuma yanayin jana'iza. A cikin al'amuran da ke nuna al'adun hadaya na yau da kullun ana nuna alloli suna karɓar ƙwallo na menat a matsayin hadaya. An nuna menat gabaɗaya ana amfani da shi tare da *sistrum* a cikin bukukuwan addini da *maza* da firistocin Hathor da sauran masu rawa da mawaƙa suka yi. Firistocin *maza* na Hathor sun yi amfani da ƙwallo don girmama allahiya Hathor. A tsohuwar Misira an yi imanin kiɗa don kwantar da hankalin alloli da kuma kwantar da fushin su. Sautin da menat ya yi an yi shi ne don kwantar da hankalin alloli. *Khener*-rukunin masu rawa galibi ana nuna su suna girgiza *sistrums* da menats. Ana samun ƙwallo na *Menat* sau da yawa a cikin yanayin jana'izar duka a cikin hotuna da kuma cikin rikodin kayan aiki. An yi amfani da waɗannan kayayyaki a cikin raye-raye na jana'izar da aka nuna a cikin kaburbura na Sabon Mulki. Akwai hotuna masu yawa na firist da mawaƙa na haikalin tare da menats a cikin kayan ado na jana'izar Sabon Mulki.

An yi amfani da menat a cikin bukukuwan sarauta da *maza*, kamar, Sed-festival da bikin naɗa sarki. A tsohuwar Misira, allahiyar kiɗa, Merit ta yi amfani da waƙoƙi da alamomi don kafa tsari na sararin samaniya. Matan Allah na Amun sun yi amfani da *Menats*. Har ila yau, da alama an *maza* menat da kariya, sake farfadowa da sake haihuwa, wanda zai iya zama dalilin da ya sa ya kasance wani ɓangare na hulɗar sarauta da allahntaka. 

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