The god ‘Nt’ in Ancient Egypt
El-Gazzar, A., Abd El-Nabi, H. (2023). The god ‘Nt’ in Ancient Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 26(1), 1-12. doi: 10.21608/cguaa.2023.187727.1166
Asmaa Sherif El-Gazzar; Hanaa Mokhtar Abd El-Nabi. "The god ‘Nt’ in Ancient Egypt". EKB Journal Management System, 26, 1, 2023, 1-12. doi: 10.21608/cguaa.2023.187727.1166
El-Gazzar, A., Abd El-Nabi, H. (2023). 'The god ‘Nt’ in Ancient Egypt', EKB Journal Management System, 26(1), pp. 1-12. doi: 10.21608/cguaa.2023.187727.1166
El-Gazzar, A., Abd El-Nabi, H. The god ‘Nt’ in Ancient Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 2023; 26(1): 1-12. doi: 10.21608/cguaa.2023.187727.1166

The god ‘Nt’ in Ancient Egypt

حولية الاتحاد العام للآثاريين العرب "دراسات فى آثار الوطن العربى"
Article 24, Volume 26, Issue 1, 2023, Page 1-12  XML PDF (1.8 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/cguaa.2023.187727.1166
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Authors
Asmaa Sherif El-Gazzar email 1; Hanaa Mokhtar Abd El-Nabi2
1Lecturer at the Department of Tourism Guidance at The Higher Institute for Specific Studies,
2Lecturer at the Department of Tourism Guidance at The Higher Institute for Qualitative Studies, Heliopolis
Abstract
This paper is concerned with god Nt,
an uncommon god in the ancient Egyptian religion. The earliest mention of the name of the god Nt dates back to the Middle Kingdom and his only representation dates back to the 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom. This paper aims to introduce a comprehensive study of this god through the textual and representational evidence; it aims to discuss the different forms of writing his name and epithets in the ancient Egyptian language and their meaning, and finally, his role and his relations to other gods in ancient Egyptian religion.
يتناول هذا البحث دراسة عن المعبود نت, وهو معبود غير شائع في الديانة المصرية القديمة. يعود أقدم ذكر لاسم المعبود نت إلي عصر الدولة الوسطي، ويعود تمثيله الوحيد إلي الأسرة التاسعة عشرة، عصر الدولة الحديثة، ويهدف البحث إلي درسة شاملة عن هذا المعبود من خلال المصادر النصية والتصويرية المتاحة وحصر الطرق المختلفة لكتابه إسمه وإلقابه ومعنها في اللغة المصرية القديمة، وأخيراً دوره وعلاقته بالمعبودات الأخري في الديانة المصرية القديمة
Keywords
Nt; Wadjmes Stela; Coffin Texts; nty-linen
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