A guide to the Egyptian collections in the British MuseumBritish Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities
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A guide to the Egyptian collections in the British Museum
British Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities
Egypt -- Antiquities
UATCHIT 𓇅𓇌𓏏𓆇𓁐, the great goddess of the North.
NET, Neith, 𓋋𓏏𓆇𓁐, the self-created goddess of Saïs, who
existed in four forms.
BAST 𓎰𓏏𓆇𓁐, the great goddess of Bubastis.
MENU, or ȦMSU 𓋉𓊾𓀭, god of virility and generation.
BES 𓃀𓋴𓁲, ⎫
ĀNQET 𓂝𓈖𓈎𓏏𓆇𓆗, ⎪
SATIT 𓄝𓏏𓏭𓆗, ⎪ gods of the Sûdân.
ṬEṬUN 𓂧𓂧𓃹𓈖𓀭, ⎪
MERUL 𓌻𓅱𓏩𓃭, or MENRUIL 𓈘𓈖𓂋𓏲𓏭𓊹. ⎭
TEMU 𓏏𓍃𓅓𓅱, the Man-god, who always appears in human form.
ḤĀP 𓎛𓐑𓊪𓀭, ⎫ The divine sons of Horus, son of Osiris,
MESTHȦ 𓐝𓊃𓍘𓇋𓀭, ⎪ who assisted their father in performing
QEBḤSENNUF 𓏁𓌣𓏪𓆑𓀭, ⎪ the ceremonies connected with the
ṬUAMUTEF 𓇼𓄿𓅐𓏏𓆑𓀭, ⎭ mummifying and burial of Osiris.
ȦMEN 𓇋𓏠𓈖𓀭, or ȦMEN-RĀ 𓇋𓏠𓈖𓂋𓂝𓇳𓏤𓀭, the great god of Thebes.
MUT 𓅐𓏏𓆇𓁐, the female counterpart of Ȧmen-Rā.
KHENSU 𓐍𓈖𓇓𓅱𓀭, the son of Ȧmen and Mut. Like Horus he had seven
forms.
IUSĀASET 𓂻𓏲𓊃𓂝𓄿𓋴𓏏𓆇𓁐, a goddess of Heliopolis.
I-EM-ḤETEP (Imouthis) 𓇍𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪𓀭, a deified physician of Memphis.
SEKER 𓊃𓎡𓂋𓀭, god of the dead of Memphis.
NEFER-TEM 𓄤𓆑𓂋𓏏𓍃𓅓𓀭, a god of Memphis. The lotus was his symbol.
MAĀT 𓌷𓂝𓏏𓆇𓁦, goddess of wisdom, right, truth, law, order, etc.
SESHETA 𓋇𓏏𓆇𓁐, goddess of literature.
MESKHENIT 𓄠𓋴𓐍𓈖𓏏𓈜𓁐, goddess of birth.
RENENIT 𓂋𓈖𓈖𓏏𓆇𓁐, goddess of fertility, the harvest, etc.
MEḤ-URIT 𓎖𓎛𓅨𓂋𓏏, a very ancient sky-goddess.
SEKHET 𓋴𓐍𓏏𓌂𓁐, a fire-goddess, the female counterpart of Ptaḥ.
TA-TENEN 𓇾𓏤𓏏𓈇𓇑𓇑𓈖𓈖, a very ancient earth-god.
MENTHU 𓏠𓈖𓍿𓅱𓀭, an ancient war-god.
ȦTEN 𓇋𓏏𓈖𓇳, the god of the solar disk.
FOREIGN GODS AND GODDESSES.
ĀNTHȦT 𓂝𓈖𓍘𓇋𓏏𓆇𓆗, a goddess of Syrian origin.
ĀNTHRETHȦ 𓂝𓈖𓍿𓂋𓏤𓍘𓇋𓆗, goddess of the Kheta.
ĀSTHȦRETHIT 𓂝𓊃𓍿𓇋𓂋𓍿𓏏𓆇𓆗, =Ashtoreth=, a goddess of Syrian
origin.
QEṬESH 𓊧𓂧𓈚𓆗, goddess of Syrian origin.
KENT 𓎡𓈖𓏏𓆇𓆗, a goddess of Syrian origin.
ĀASITH 𓉻𓂝𓏛𓋴𓏭𓍘𓆗, a goddess of the Eastern Desert.
BĀIRTHȦ 𓃀𓂝𓏭𓂋𓏤𓍘𓇋, _i.e._, Beltis, counterpart of Ba’al Sephôn.
BĀR 𓃀𓂝𓂋𓃩, _i.e._, “=Baal=,” a Syrian war-god.
RESHPU 𓂋𓈚𓊪𓅱𓀭, god of the lightning and thunderbolt.
SUTEKH 𓇓𓅱𓏏𓐍, one of the chief gods of the Kheta and Syrians.
ANIMAL-GODS AND GODDESSES, ETC.
ḤĀP 𓐑𓊪𓃒, the =Apis Bull=.
MER-UR 𓅨𓂋𓉕𓃒, the =Mnevis Bull=.
BAKHA 𓃀𓄡, the =Bachis Bull=.
BA 𓃝, the Ram-god.
SEBEK 𓋴𓃀𓎡𓆋, the Crocodile god.
TA-URT 𓏏𓄿𓅨𓂋𓏏𓆗 ⎫
RERIT 𓂋𓂋𓏏𓏲𓄛 ⎪ The Hippopotamus-goddesses.
ȦPIT 𓇋𓊪𓏏𓄛 ⎪
SHEPUIT 𓈚𓊪𓏲𓏏𓆇 ⎭
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