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== Attestations == |
== Attestations == |
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The earliest mention of this deity appears on stone vessel inscriptions from the reign of the [[Second Dynasty of Egypt|2nd dynasty]] Pharaoh [[Hotepsekhemwy]]. Egyptologists such as [[Wolfgang Helck]] believe that Akhty was a dynasty deity and ancestor god. Akhty was also depicted (and thus worshipped) under Hotepsekhemwy's successors, [[Raneb]] and [[Nynetjer]]. During the [[Old Kingdom of Egypt|Old Kingdom]] period, Akhty's name only appears in connection with private names (such as ''[[Akhetaa]]'') and priest titles such as ''Hem-netjer-Akhty'' ("god's servant of Akhty"). In even later times, Akhty's names appears more and more |
The earliest mention of this deity appears on stone vessel inscriptions from the reign of the [[Second Dynasty of Egypt|2nd dynasty]] Pharaoh [[Hotepsekhemwy]]. Egyptologists such as [[Wolfgang Helck]] believe that Akhty was a dynasty deity and ancestor god. Akhty was also depicted (and thus worshipped) under Hotepsekhemwy's successors, [[Raneb]] and [[Nynetjer]]. During the [[Old Kingdom of Egypt|Old Kingdom]] period, Akhty's name only appears in connection with private names (such as ''[[Akhetaa]]'') and priest titles such as ''Hem-netjer-Akhty'' ("god's servant of Akhty"). In even later times, Akhty's names appears more and more seldomly.<ref>Wolfgang Helck, Eberhard Otto, Wolfhart Westendorf: ''Lexikon der Ägyptologie'', vol. 2. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1977, {{ISBN|3447018763}}, p. 430.</ref> |
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== Worship == |
== Worship == |