Behbeit el-Hagar
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Behbeit el-Hagar ( Hebit in ancient Egypt , Arabic بهبيت الحجارة, DMG Bahbīt / Bahbait al-Ḥiǧāra ) is a village in the Nile Delta southwest of al-Mansura , which belongs to the governorate of ad-Daqahliyya . The ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Amasis built an Isis sanctuary here during his reign . Besides Isis, Hor-pa-chered was also worshiped. During his reign, Nectanebos II founded the Iseum as a counterpart to the temple in Koptos , but it initially remained unfinished because of the Persian invasion .
The Iseum was completed in the Ptolemaic period . A relief on which Hor-pa-chered wears the double crown accompanied by Hathor dates from the reign of Ptolemy II . The associated chapel of the Iseum was considered to be the “ high house in which Hor-pa-chered resides ”. Ptolemy III had at least one other depiction of Hor-pa-chered attached. On a stele , Hor-pa-chered is called " Lord of Hebit ". In the base of the stele, under the feet of the child god, an Asian and a Nubian stand as a synonym for the enemies of Egypt.
literature
- Christine Favard-Meeks: Behbeit el-Hagara. In: Kathryn A. Bard (Ed.): Encyclopedia of the Archeology of Ancient Egypt. Routledge, London 1999, ISBN 0-415-18589-0 , pp. 165-167.
- Sandra Sandri: Har-Pa-Chered (Harpokrates). The genesis of an Egyptian god child (= Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta. [OLA] vol. 151). Peeters, Leuven 2006, ISBN 90-429-1761-X , pp. 62-63.
- Thomas Schneider : Lexicon of the Pharaohs. Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-491-96053-3 .
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Coordinates: 31 ° 2 ′ N , 31 ° 17 ′ E