Chepesch-en-pet-mehtit
| Mesechtiu-em-pet-mehtit in hieroglyphics | |||||||||
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Mesechtiu-em-pet-mehtit / Chepesch-en-pet-mehtit msḫtjw-m-pt-mḥtjt / ḫpš-n-pt-mḥtjt The bull thigh in the northern sky / The bull thigh in the northern sky |
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Chepesch-en-pet-mehtit is the name of an ancient Egyptian sky deity of the constellation Great Bear . The name Chepesch-en-pet-mehtit replaced the older divine name Mesechtiu-em-pet-mehtit in the New Kingdom in connection with the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead .
In the New Kingdom, Chepesch-en-pet-mehtit with the solar disk Aton acted as the preparer of the throne for the deceased.
See also
literature
- Christian Leitz : LGG , Vol. 3: P-nbw (series of publications: Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta 112) . Peeters, Leuven 2002, ISBN 90-429-1148-4 , p. 441.