Talk:Meskhenet

Gallery of Errors
I have deleted the Gallery section. Sahura was the son of Userkaf (neither of whom were triplets), and neither have any connexion to Meskhent. The two hieroglyphic pix are of the weighing of the souls (the antithesis of a ceremony at which Meskhent might appear) and an apparently random choice from Deir el-Medina that has none of her iconography. If someone out there can justify their inclusion, please explain here and correct the captions. Here is the wikimarkup I removed:

Gallery
Cheers, Last1in (talk) 23:45, 16 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Later in Egyptian history, the three kings were described as being triplets in the stories from the Westcar Papyrus and the fictitious figure for their mother was the character Rededjet. Meskhenet presided over their birth in the story, but including images of the kings' statues doesn't seem necessary in my opinion. The Weighing of the Heart scene often depicted Meskhenet in the form of a birth brick with a head, two of which are visible above the scales and another good example is in the weighing vignette of the Papyrus of Ani.
 * Star11308 (talk) 02:42, 17 September 2022 (UTC)


 * @Star11308, I come to Wikipedia to be educated and you have done that in trumps! Your changes make it so very clear, and I truly appreciate the correction. The first of the pix that you added (the birth-brick-with-head) makes the rest so much more comprehensible! Are there WP:RS to add the 'triplets' detail to the articles on Sahura and Userkaf? I am a complete amateur and had never heard the story of them being called triplets. Absolutely wonderful detail. Cheers, Last1in (talk) 13:29, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
 * @Last1in The story of them being triplets is part of the last story of the Westcar Papyrus, a text compiling a few pieces of folklore (mostly about magicians) being told by Khufu's sons, and was cited to the book Ancient Egyptian Literature: Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms by Miriam Lichtheim and several others in the Westcar Papyrus article itself. The birth brick illustration had been in the article already, but was unfortunately crammed into the corner. Star11308 (talk) 17:33, 17 September 2022 (UTC)