Semataui

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Semataui in hieroglyphics
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Semataui (Sema-taui)
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the two countries
Greek Somtus
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Semataui as Horus

Semataui (also Sema-taui, Somtus ) is an ancient Egyptian god who is documented from the Middle Kingdom . He also acted in his appearance as Horus , Amun , Behedeti , Month-Re , Harsomtus , Hor-Semataui-pa-chered , Thot and Ptah - Tatenen .

After the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt, Mentuhotep II changed his name to Horus as "Semataui" as the unification of the Middle Kingdom .

presentation

Human-shaped representations

In the Middle and New Kingdom , Semataui is iconographically represented as a standing or enthroned god with an Ankh sign and what scepter in his hands; during the late period as a standing god with a youth lock and a Rechit and a scourge in his hand. In the Greco-Roman times , Semataui appeared as a child god with a double crown, Nemes headscarf , youth lock, crook and scourge.

Animal-shaped representations

In addition, Semataui was depicted as a falcon-headed god in the New Kingdom ; during the time of the strings additionally as a falcon standing on a pedestal with a crescent moon and a moon disc on its head.

In the Greco-Roman period, iconography changes. Semataui is depicted as a mummy-shaped falcon with the deed crown. What is new is its appearance as a snake-headed god and as an elongated or multi-wound snake.

Mythological connections

Mammisi in the Temple of Hathor at Dendera

Little is known of the activities and mythological connections of Semataui from the Middle Kingdom to the end of the Late Period. During the New Kingdom he was considered a " son of Hathor " and head of Dendera ( " Heri-tep-junet ") as well as " the one who in the midst of Deir el-Bahari is ".

With the beginning of the Greco-Roman period, Semataui took on a special role in the environment of the king ( Pharaoh ). Thus the king was “as a living image of Semataui his servant”, “his splendid inheritance”, “his firstborn son”, “his divine seed” and “his living body”.

As “the child of the great Hathor ” he was “ the great god in the house of the Sistrum ”. In the Mammisi of Dendera, Semataui was one of the 50 deities who "are named as gods in their months and as excellent and distinguished ladies in the years ". He was worshiped as a temple god in the sixth and 20th  Upper Egyptian Gau . In addition, Semataui owned the “Hut-Semataui” sanctuary in Dendera. His name was also part of a Hem-netjer priesthood.

See also

literature

  • Rainer Hannig : Large Concise Dictionary Egyptian-German: (2800-950 BC) . von Zabern, Mainz 2006, ISBN 3-8053-1771-9 , p. 1265.
  • Paule Posener-Kriéger: Mélanges Gamal Eddin Mokhtar . Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Caire 1985, ISBN 2-7247-0020-1 , p. 314.
  • Christian Leitz u. a .: LGG ; Vol 6: ẖ-s (Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta 116 series) . Peeters, Leuven 2002, ISBN 90-429-1151-4 , p. 313.
  • Studies on the language and religion of Egypt. In honor of Wolfhart Westendorf, presented by his friends and students . Junge, Göttingen 1984, pp. 768-772.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rainer Hannig: Large Concise Dictionary Egyptian-German . P. 1265.
  2. ↑ a b c Christian Leitz u. a .: LGG . P. 313.

Web links

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