Hor-pa-chered-wer-tepi-en-Amun
| Hor-pa-chered-wer-tepi-en-Amun in hieroglyphics | ||||||||||
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Hor-pa-chered-wer-tepi-en-Amun Ḥr-p3-ẖrd-wr-tpj-n-Jmn Horus, the child, the exceedingly great, firstborn of Amun |
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Hor-pa-chered-wer-tepi-en-Amun (also Har-pa-chered-wer-tepi-en-Amun ) is an ancient Egyptian deity, a subsidiary form of Hor-pa-chered .
Mythological connections
Hor-pa-chered-wer-tepi-en- Amun in the late period is not yet the deity Harpocrates, which was designated in the Greco-Roman times . Rather, the name extension wer-tepi-en-Amun is to be understood as an epithet of Hor-pa-chered, which may also have been used for the child god Hor-pa-Re-pa-chered .
Hor-pa-chered-wer-tepi-en-Amun found particular veneration in the Thebes area among the wives of Amun and their officials. On a bronze statuette of the Nebetneferumut can be read:
“ Horus , the child, the exceedingly great, firstborn of Amun, who protects Nitokris, the worshiper of God, may she live ... [...] ... He (the God) gives life, wellbeing, health, sweetness of the heart and [...]"
Representations
In the Theban region, the first images of the Hor-pa-chered in its subsidiary form as Hor-pa-chered-wer-tepi-en-Amun are not until the Ptolemaic times in the courtyard of the Amun temple in Karnak under Ptolemy III. and Ptolemy IV . There he was shown together with the goddess Isis-weret under her right arm with a double crown and cloak. It remains unclear whether the deity Nefertem, also depicted before Isis-weret and Hor-pa-chered, was only added under Ptolemy IV.
See also
literature
- Sandra Sandri: Har-Pa-Chered (Harpokrates). The genesis of an Egyptian child of gods (= Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta. Vol. 151). Peeters, Leuven et al. 2006, ISBN 90-429-1761-X (At the same time: Mainz, University, dissertation, 2004).