Ba-djedet

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Ba-djedet in hieroglyphics
Old empire
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Z1 Z1
O49

Middle realm
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X1 O49

New kingdom
E11 R11 R11 D46
O49

Gr.-Roman. time
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E11 X8 X8

Ba-djedet
B3-ḏdt
Djedet rams

Ba-djedet (also Aries of Mendes ) has been attested as the ancient Egyptian local god of the district capital Mendes since the Old Kingdom .

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Representations

Ba-neb-djedet

Ba-djedet is mostly depicted either as a crouching ram- headed god with the ankh symbol or as a seated god with the atef crown ; briefly in the 25th dynasty as a naked god lying on a stretcher with phallus , Isis and Nephthys at his side.

In the late period , Ba-djedet can be seen as a standing ram, half of its phallus in a vessel.

Mythological connections

In the New Kingdom , Ba-djedet was equated with the Ba des Osiris ; in the 26th dynasty he was considered another form of Osiris. By equating it with the Ba of Osiris, there is a connection with the Benu bird. During the Greco-Roman times , the Egyptians compared Ba-djedet with the former king of the gods Amun-Re .

Ba-neb-djedet

Ba-neb-djedet in hieroglyphics
Late period
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Ba-neb-djedet
B3-nb-ḏdt
Bock from Djedet

Ba-neb-djedet (also Bock von Mendes ) is an ancient Egyptian ram deity. The content of the Chester-Beatty 1 papyrus shows that Ba-neb-djedet acted as judge in the divine dispute between Horus and Seth .

In numerous illustrations, Ba-neb-djedet is shown as a ram with its horns twisted outwards. In addition, a Uraeus snake can be seen on his head.

Ba-neb-djedet was worshiped in several other divine manifestations, for example as "Ba-neb-djedet-anch-Re" ( Living Djedet goat of Re ).

Mendes ram in Deir el Medina (Ptolemaic)

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