Harmachis-Chepre-Re-Atum
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Hor-em-achet-Chepre-Re-Tem Ḥr-m-3ḫt-Ḫpr-Rˁ-Tm Harmachis - Chepre - Re - Atum |
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Harmachis-Chepre-Re-Atum (also Hor-em-achet-Chepre-Re-Atum ) is documented as an ancient Egyptian sphinx deity from Giza in the 18th dynasty under Thutmose IV .
Sphinx stele of Thutmose IV.
Harmachis-Chepre-Re-Atum appeared as a subsidiary form of Harmachis , who was also mentioned for the first time in the New Kingdom as a Sphinx deity . In the sphinx stele Harmachis-Chepre-Re-Atum is titled as the divine father of Thutmose IV:
“Look at me, look at me, my son Thutmose. I am your father Hor-em-achet-Chepre-Re-Atum, who gives you the kingdom on earth at the head of the living. "
Mythological connections
Harmachis-Chepre-Re-Atum is mythologically defined in his capacity as sun god .
In this combination, Chepre is the only deity that is written in the form of morning god with the typical god determinative . The associated sphinx monument is dedicated to the sun cult . Harmachis-Chepre-Re-Atum therefore also embodies the attributes of Harmachis.
See also
literature
- Christian Leitz u. a .: LGG , Vol. 5: Ḥ - ḫ - Series of publications: Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta; 114 - . Peeters, Leuven 2002, ISBN 90-429-1150-6 , p. 239.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andrea Klug: Royal steles in the time from Ahmose to Amenophis III . Brepols, Turnhout 2002, ISBN 2-503-99123-8 , pp. 296-304.
- ↑ Martina Minas-Nerpel: The god Chepri: Investigations into written documents and iconographic sources from the Old Kingdom to Greco-Roman times (Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta 154) . Peeters, Leuven 2006, ISBN 90-429-1824-1 , p. 348.