Neb-pet-mehtit
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Neb-pet-mehtit Nb-pt-mḥtjt lord of the northern sky |
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Neb-pet-mehtit is the name of an ancient Egyptian sky deity. The “ Lord of the Northern Heaven ” with the constellation “ Great Bear ” is probably Seth in his capacity as “ Mesechtiu ”.
In the coffin texts of the Middle Kingdom , Neb-pet-mehtit is " Seth who brings the grain for the deceased on a donkey, which the Apis bull will thresh ". In the New Kingdom , Neb-pet-mehtit appears in the Egyptian Book of the Dead in a similar function and is there " Seth who reaps the grain for the dead ".
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. 626.