Possibly she herself was originally a votary of Aten, which would account for the reverence with which her son, Amen-hetep IV, regarded that deity.
The pictures and figures of I-em-hetep suggest that he was of human and local origin, and he had a great hold upon the imagination of later Egyptians of the Saite and Ptolemaic periods.
In the early part of his reign Amen-hetep worshipped both Amen and Aten, the former in his role of monarch, the latter in his private capacity, while he also built a great obelisk at Thebes in honour of Ra-Harmachis.
The temple of Mut at Thebes was built by Amen-hetep III about 1450 B.
The cult of Aten, of which there is little record before the time of Amen-hetep IV, sprang into sudden prominence during that monarch's reign and became for a time the State religion of Egypt.
A curious point is that it was evidently permissible to kill the lions of another country, if not those of Egypt, for we find that Amen-hetep III boasted of having shot with his own bow one hundred and two fierce lions.
I-em-hetep was the god of physicians and those who dealt in medical magic, and his worship was certainly of very ancient date in Memphis.
Budge goes so far as to suggest that I-em-hetep was the deified form of a distinguished physician who was attached to the priesthood of Ra, and who flourished before the end of the rule of the kings of the Third Dynasty.
His important position in the Egyptian pantheon is due to the fact that his cult was directly responsible for a great religious, social, and artistic revolution which occurred during the reign of Amen-hetep IV.
His son, Amen-hetep III, built temples to this deity and to Aten at Memphis and Thebes.
Sekhet-hetep was the Elysian Fields of the Egyptians, and the Field of Reeds was a well-known section of it.
The text affords no explanation of the fact that Khensu Nefer-hetep was regarded as a greater god than Khensu Pa-ari- sekher, or why his permission had to be obtained before the latter could leave the country.
Again the statue of Khensu Nefer-hetep bowed its head twice, and the petition of the king was granted.
Amen-hetep II, successor of Thothmes III, has hieroglyphic inscriptions in Gaza, which have been lately discovered.
The god Hetepgoeth in, and cometh out, and goeth backward [in] that Field which gathereth together all manner of things for the birth-chamber of the god of the city.
I have laid hold upon my strength which the god Hetep hath greatly increased for me.
The god Hetep goeth in, and cometh out, and goeth backwards [in] that Field which gathereth together all manner of things for the birth-chamber of the god of the city.
Behold R[=a] is in heaven, and behold the god Hetep is the twofold offering thereof.
The idea of God held by Ptah-hetep is illustrated by the following passages:-- 1.
Extracts of this poem are also found on the walls of the tomb of Nefer-hetep at Thebes.
At this point Ptah-hetep asks, rhetorically, "Who will give me authority to speak?
Tuat, and to reach Sekhet Aaru and Sekhet Hetep (the Elysian Fields), and to take his place among the subjects of Osiris in the Land of Everlasting Life.
The above and all the other Precepts of Ptah-hetep were drawn up for the guidance of highly-placed young men, and have little to do with practical, every-day morality.
Illustration: hieroglyph] (3) The de hetep seten formula to Osiris, Lord of Busiris and Abydos.
The de hetep seten formula to Osiris with name of dedicator added; e.
Painted white, with the de hetep seten formula upon the lid giving the name [Illustration: hieroglyph] Ta-nezem.
All the inscriptions give the de hetep seten formula invoking the gods in favour of the deceased, they also give her name and parentage [Illustration: hieroglyphs], Maartu justified before Osiris.
The inscription in linear hieroglyphs gives the de hetep seten formula to Osiris, for offerings for [Illustration: hieroglyph] Nefer-ur.
The longitudinal band down the front has the de hetep seten formula, but bears no name: space for the name has been left blank (Pl.
B bore the de hetep seten formula, but the name of the deceased was omitted.
The actual tomb of the king has not yet been revealed, although that of Neb-hetep Mentuhetep, who may have been his immediate predecessor, was discovered by Mr. Carter in 1899.
Such figures seem to have been regularly set up in front of a royal sepulchre; several were found in front of the funerary temple of Mentu-hetep III, Thebes, which we shall describe later.
On these we see the Ptolemies masquerading as Pharaohs, and the climax of absurdity is reached when Ptolemy Auletes (the Piper) is seen striking down Asiatic enemies in the manner of Amen-hetep or Ramses!
I-em-Hetep lived in the reign of King Tchser, a monarch of the third dynasty in Egypt, the date of which is somewhat uncertain, but is about 4500 B.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hetep" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
