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Bastet: Egyptian Goddess Overview

This document provides information on the Egyptian goddess Bastet, including: - Spellings and dates of references to Bastet from early periods through Greco-Roman times. - Iconography depicting Bastet in cat, lion, vulture, and snake forms. - Groups and deities Bastet is mentioned with. - Ritual and religious functions of Bastet such as protective roles and receiving offerings.

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Bastet: Egyptian Goddess Overview

This document provides information on the Egyptian goddess Bastet, including: - Spellings and dates of references to Bastet from early periods through Greco-Roman times. - Iconography depicting Bastet in cat, lion, vulture, and snake forms. - Groups and deities Bastet is mentioned with. - Ritual and religious functions of Bastet such as protective roles and receiving offerings.

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bAstt “◊ Bastet (= She of Bubastis)” Affiliation uncertain [38].

Document [51] could also be read bAstt


Spst.

Spellings:

Dates:
Early Period [65]; Old Kingdom [6-9, 49, 51, 53, 59, 63-64, 76]; 1st Intermediary Period [48]; Middle
Kingdom [1, 24, 31, 93, 96]; 2nd Intermediary Period [94]; New Kingdom [2, 15-18, 21, 23, 25-27, 29-31,
35-36, 39-48, 52, 54-56, 61-62, 67, 81, 86-87, 90-91, 152, 163-164]; 21st-24th Dyn [22, 50, 66, 84?, 88,
157]; Kushite Period [57]; Saite Period [32-34, 60, 78, 92, 101, 165]; Late Period [10-14, 19-20, 68-75,
77?, 79, 82-83, 85, 154?, 158?, 159, 166]; Greco-Roman Period [3-5, 37-38, 58, 80, 89, 95, 97-100, 102-
151, 153, 155-156, 160-162]

Iconography:
A. Human Form:
a) Mourning woman [110]
b) Seated goddess with the Hethert crown [117]

B. Cat Form:
a) A cat-headed goddess, wrapped in a cloth, seated on an altar [71]
b) Standing cat-headed goddess with a figure of Nefertem on her shoulder, aegis in her hand and small
cats at her feet [73]
c) Cat [154]
d) Cat on a pedestal in front of an obelisk [75]
e) Reclining cat with five kittens [75]

C. Lion Form:
1. Without Headdress:
a) Lion-headed goddess [13, 21, 57, 116, 158-159]
b) Naked lion-headed goddess seated on a pedestal [70]
c) Lion-headed goddess seated on a nine-step staircase [12]
d) Lion-headed goddess wrapped in cloth seated on an altar. Before the altar is a staircase. [74]
e) Kneeling lion-headed goddess. Behind her is a falcon, with its wings outstretched in a protective
gesture. She kneels on a six step platform, on which are five female hippopotamuses and four gift
bearers [135, cf 146]
f) Enthroned lion-headed goddess with the papyrus scepter and ankh [66]
g) Standing lion-headed goddess [68-69, 138] with a snake and knife in her hands [68] or two knives in
her hands [69, 138]
h) Lion-headed goddess with an udjat eye in her hands [72, 82, 165]
i) Standing lion-headed goddess with a reliquary in her arms [132]

1. With Headdress:
a) Lion-headed goddess with a sun disk on her head [5, 10, 11, 43, 60, 83, 120, 142, 156]
b) Lion-headed goddess with a uraeus on her head [54-55, 119, 136, 151, 155, 160-161]
c) Standing lion-headed goddess with the white crown on her head and papyrus scepter in her hand [59]
d) Lion-headed goddess with two ostrich feathers on her head, seated on a pedestal [101]
[cf E.a]

D. Vulture Form:
a) In a description of an amulet in the form of a vulture with outstretched wings and a sistrum [109]

E. Snake Form:
a) Lion-headed snake [116]

Member of Groups of Gods:


A.
a) Sixth of nine mourning women (HAywt) [110]
b) Seventh in a litany of twelve goddesses [14]
c) 9th of 14 named gods and groups of gods [97]
d) bAstt *nbt anx tAwy is the 15th in a list of 15 gods [30]
e) 18th of 26 (52 in total) deities, who stand before the papyrus thicket of Chemmis in the term bAstt
*nbt bAst [136]
f) 15th of 36 gods and groups of gods of the 18th Upper Egyptian nome
g) Goddess of the day of I. Axt 23 [118]; III. Axt 1 [119]; III. Axt 29 [116]; IV. Axt 10 [120]; I. prt 8 [117]; III.
prt 30 [121]
In the term bAstt *nbt anx tAwy [118]; bAstt *nbt pt [121]
Variant of Sekhmet [118-119]

B.
a) Title of Hethert in a long list of names in the term bAstt *irt Hr [127]
b) Between the titles of Hethert in a long list of their names in the term bAstt *nbt anx tAwy [128]
c) In a list of gods of Dendara [129]
d) Member of the solar barque [143]
Predecessor: imn *nb smA bHdt [136]
wADt [127]
wp wAwt Smaw *sxm tAwy [30]
wrt HkAw [118, 121]
mwt [120]
mwt *nbt pt [120]
nbt kbn [117]
Hwt Hr [116]
Hwt Hr *nbt S dSr [14]
sxmt [4, 97, 110, 129]
sxmt aAt *tpyt int [128]
skr [119]
Successor: Ast [120]
in Hrt [119]
inpw [97]
wADt [110, 129]
wADt *nbt imt [136]
wrt xnmw [127]
nt [4]
nwt wrt [118]
nbt mnmn [117]
nbt Hmwt [116]
nbt Htpt *Drt tm [128]
Ssmtt [14]
tfnt [121]
abandoned [120]

Functions:
A. Identification with Gods:
a) Title of Aset [58]
b) Title of the robber (awAyt) [157]
c) Title of the Lower Egyptian Weret-Hekau (wrt HkAw mHtyt) [94]
d) Title of Menhit [149-150], in her name of Mut [150]
e) Title of Hethert [131, 162]

B. In Ritual Scenes:
1. Identification with Gods:
a) In a ritual scene (cloth: mnxt) [113]; (grape juice: Hrw a) [151]; (writing palette: untitled) [114]
b) Title of Menhit in a ritual scene (potter’s wheel: nHp) [147]
c) Title of Hethert in a ritual scene (two bowls with myrrh: rrmwy Xr antyw) [112]; (two golden bowls
with myrrh: rrmwy nw nbw Xr antyw) [125]; killing an oryx antelope: untitled) [126]; (killing an oryx
antelope and praising god: untitled) [122-123]

2. In Connection with the King:


a) The king is begotten (wtT) by her in a ritual scene (ringing out the sistrum: sxa sxm) [106, 108, 145]
b) The king is her son (sA) in a ritual scene (title destroyed) [124]
c) The king is brought up (Sd) by her in a ritual scene (two gold bowls with myrrh: rrmwy nw nbw Xr
antyw) [137]
3. Other:
a) She is identified with a red jug in a ritual scene (red jug: dSrt) [140]

C. Part of a Longer Term:


a) In the term mwt *nbt pt *bAstt [16]; mwt *nbt iSrw bAstt [17]; sxmt aAt *mrt ptH *bAstt *nbt Htpt
[85]
b) In the term mwt *nbt iSrw *sxmt aAt *nbt tAwy *bAstt [26]
c) In the term mwt *nbt pt *sxmt *mrt ptH *bAstt [35]

D. In Connection with the King:


a) The king is his sistrum player (iHy) and she protects (stp sA) him [25]
b) The king is equated with her [31]
c) The king is her priest [130]
d) She takes her seat at the head of the king as his cobra (Hryt tp) [81]
e) The king has grasped the arrow of Montu (Var.: the son of Nut [91]) and the bow of Bast [90, cf 91]
f) She protects the king together with Mut, Sekhmet, Wadjet, and Shesmetet [111]

E. In Connection with the Deceased:


a) The deceased does not come to fall by her fiery breath (Sm) [3]
b) The deceased wants to be saved (nHm) from the redness (dSrw) of Bast [34]
c) She is the daughter of Atum, the firstborn (tpt) of nb r Dr, she protects the deceased until the land is
bright [1]
d) The other gods protect the deceased [32]. She goes to the deceased and gives him praise [33].
e) She is the mother of the deceased [8]
f) She is the heart (HAty) of the deceased [9]
g) The deceased should receive onions (HDw) in the Night of Bast [67, cf 152]

F. As a Punitive Deity:
a) Mention of the fire (xt) that comes out of her mouth [164]
b) The Eye of Heru comes forth (bs) with the fire that his between the members of Set, in her name Bast
[19]
c) She hands over the entrails (mXtw) of Set [20]
d) She may take away (Sd) the hearts of the enemies [144]

G. With Geographic Reference:


a) She is listed in a geographical list together with Aset as a deity of the 13th Lower Egyptian nome [24]
b) Title of the temple goddess in a procession of the nome gods (18th Lower Egyptian nome) [105]; (w of
the 20th Lower Egyptian nome) [133]
c) Goddess of the 18th Lower Egyptian nome in a procession of relic carriers [132]
d) The Ba of Aset (bA n Ast) is located in the 18th Lower Egyptian nome as Bast [115]

H. With Calendar Reference:


a) On III. Axt 20, she comes furiously before Ra; who was born on this day, dies of the diseases of the
year (iAdwt rnpt) [86]
b) On IV. Axt 16, is the day of the Festival of Sekhmet and Bast in iSrw [45]
c) A festival of Bast on III. prt 13 [80]; IV. prt 4 [39, 61]; II. Smw 16 [148]

I. As Recipient of Offerings:
a) In a Htp di nsw formula [41, 50, 78]

J. In Connection with Festivals:


a) The king says that he has not shot a wild lion (mAi HsA) on the Feast (Hb) of Bast [56]
b) Celebrations and processions for Bast, which in Greek are called the small and great Bast festivals (τὰ
μικρὰ/μεγάλα Βουβάσια) [102]
[cf. H.b-c]

K. In Titles:
a) An it nTr priest [48, 92]
b) A wab priest [166]
c) A wab priest, who will satisfy the goddess [96]
d) In the lady’s title tA wrt bAstt [104]
e) A Hm nTr priest [6, 49, 63-65, 76, 95, 158]
f) In the title Smayt nt bAstt [40, 42, 52]

L. In Word Play:
a) In a word play with pour out/spring up (bs) called [62]

M. Other:
a) One of the gods of the south (nTrw rsy), together with Amun, Montu, Nekhbet, the Hnb snake, and
Sekhmet [98]
b) One of the gods of the west (nTrw imntt), together with Nit, Wadjet, Sekhmet, Yinepu, rSp *nTr aA,
and HA *nb imntt [99]
c) Together with the gods of the House of Bas (nTrw nw pr bA), DHwty *nTr aA *nb baHt, Yinepu, spdw
Hr *mAa xrw *nb Sdnw, the god of the east (nTrw iAbtt) [100]
d) Named together with Sekhmet, Wadjet, and Ssmtt [163]
e) Invocation to Sekhmet, Bast, Wadjet, and Nit [134]
f) Nefertem is her son [2]
g) The Golden One (nbwt) goes up/rises (wbn) next to her father in her name, Bast [14]
h) Named in a morning song [27]
i) In an unclear context: “a Bast against the south” (bAstt nt tp rsy [Edel, Siut-Gräber, 82]) next to the
goddess named Hrrt [28]
j) In a description of the parts of the ship of the barque of Amun [103]
k) She is on the left side of Mut [139]
l) Mention of the place of asylum (nHAt) of Bast [153]

Literature and Citations:


See pages 741-742 of Band 2
bAstt aAt “◊ Bastet, the Great”

Spellings:

Dates:
Saite Period [6-7]; Late Period [1-2, 8?]; Greco-Roman Period [3, 9-23]; unclear [4-5]

Iconography:
A. Cat Form:
a) Cat-headed goddess with the papyrus scepter and a cobra on her head [10, 14]
[cf C.a]

B. Lion Form:
a) Lion-headed goddess squatting on a stairway [6]
b) Lion-headed goddess holding a tambourine [22]
c) Lion-headed goddess with a Nefertem symbol (two high feathers with the solar disk on a lotus chalice) as a
scepter [16]
d) Lion-headed goddess with a sun disk and uraeus on her head [15, 18, 20]
e) Lion-headed goddess with the Atef crown [19]
[cf C.a]

C. Other:
a) Menit with the head of a cat or a lion [5]

Functions:
A. Identification with Gods:
a) Title of Wadjet (named together with Nekhbet and Ssmtt) [23]
b) Title of Hethert [12]

B. With Geographic Reference:


a) Title of the temple goddess in a procession of nome gods (18th Lower Egyptian nome) [17]
b) Representative of the 18th Lower Egyptian nome [19]
c) Goddess of the 18th Lower Egyptian nome in a procession of gods, who offer Wesir an ankh [20]
d) Deity of the 18th Lower Egyptian nome in a list of nome gods, who are each asked for different actions for the
deceased [21]

C. Other:
a) Owner of a naos [1]
b) A Hm nTr priest [7]
c) In the name of the seventh of seven forehead snakes of Atum (iarwt sfxt nt tm), in the term iart *wpt SnDt
*bAstt aAt [13]

Literature and Citations:


See pages 742 of Band 2
bAstt: “Bastet” Also bAstt m w; bAstt wADt; bAstt wrt HkAw; bAstt mnHyt nbt ww; bAstt m SA n bAstt; bAstt tfnt m w

A. Cosmos:
1. Heaven/Horizon:
wbnt m Axt – Who rises in the horizon
nbt pt – The lady of heaven
nbt pt tA – The lady of heaven and earth
nbt Xnw n itn – The lady inside the solar disk
Hnwt pt – The lady of heaven

2. Sun:
wbnt m Axt – Who rises in the horizon
wbnt m nbwt – Who rises as the Golden One
mAA Hrw m stwt itn.s – Who can see their faces (= the people) by her sunbeams
nbt sSp – The Lady of Light
HAt Hrw m HDDwt.s – Who illuminates the faces with her rays
Hnwt THn – The Mistress of Splendor
xsrt kkw – Who dispels darkness
qmAt stwt – Who creates the rays

4. Star(s):
spdt – Sopdet

7. Earth/World:
nbt pt tA – The Lady of Heaven and Earth

B. Topography:
1. Nomes:
Hnwt HqA anD – The Mistress of the Heliopolites
Hryt ib nTrwy – Who is in the midst of the nome of Coptos

2. Place Names:
aAt nrw m iwnt – She with great terror in Dendara
aAt nrw m tA rr – She with great terror in Dendara
wrt m bAst – The Great One in Bubastis
nbt iwnt – The Lady of Dendara
nbt iwnt m bAst – The Lady of Dendara in (?) Bubastis
nbt imt – The Lady of Buto
nbt irq – The Lady of Philae
nbt anx tAwy – The Lady of Memphis
nbt bAst – The Lady of Bubastis
nbt bAst m mw n ra – The Lady of Bubastis in the Waters of Ra
nbt bAst Smat – The Lady of Upper Egyptian Bubastis (= Dendara)
nbt pApnat – The Lady of pApnat (unknown location, possibly near Memphis)
nbt Haawt m bAst – The Lady of Jubilation in Bubastis
nbt xAbs – The Lady of xAbs (unknown location, likely in/near Memphis)
Hnwt wrt m iwnt Smat – The Great Lady in Upper Egyptian Dendara
Hnwt pwnt – The Lady of Punt
Hnwt m SA n bAst – The Lady in the Pastures of Bubastis
Hnwt Ddw – The Lady of Ddw (unknown location at the entrance of the Fayum)
Hryt ib AbDw – Who is in the midst of Abydos
Hryt ib iwnt – Who is in the midst of Dendara
Hryt ib iwnw Sma – Who is in the midst of Armant
Hryt ib iwnyt – Who is in the midst of Esna
Hryt ib ipt swt – Who is in the midst of Karnak
Hryt ib wAst – Who is in the midst of Thebes
Hryt ib bHdt – Who is in the midst of Edfu
Hryt ib bAst – Who is in the midst of Bubastis
Hryt ib hbt – Who is in the midst of Hibis
Hryt ib Hwt kA ptH – Who is in the midst of Memphis
Hryt ib xm – Who is in the midst of Letopolis
Hryt ib km wr – Who is in the midst of Athribis
Hryt ib tAr – Who is in the midst of tAr (unknown location in the area of the 4th cataract)
Hryt ib Drty – Who is in the midst of Djerty (El Tod)
Hryt tp wrt m wTst Hr – The Great Cobra in Edfu
HqAt m is nHs – The Ruler in the Laboratory of nHs (unknown location in the 18th Lower Egyptian nome)
HDt m iwnw – The White One in Heliopolis
xntyt iwnt – The Foremost of Dendara
xntyt bAst – The Foremost of Bubastis
xntyt bAst Smat – The Foremost of the Upper Egyptian Bubastis (= Dendara)
xntyt p msn – The Foremost of Edfu
xntyt xAs – The Foremost of xAs (unknown location)
xntyt tA rr – The Foremost of Dendara
xntyt tA n tm – The Foremost of the Land of Atum (= Dendara)

3. Lands, Regions, and Nations:


ityt m idbw Hr – The Ruler in Egypt
aSAt xprw m tA nTr – She with many appearances in the land of god
wADt tAwy – Who allows the two lands to flourish
nbt pwnt – The Lady of Punt
nbt sxt ntr – The Lady of the Field of God (w of the 18th Lower Egyptian nome)
nbt tA rmw – The Lady of Tell el Muqdam
nbt tA sty – The Lady of Nubia
nbt tAwy – The Lady of the Two Lands
nbt tAwy m swt.s nbwt – The Lady of the Two Lands at All Its Sites
Hnwt sxt nTr – The Lady of the Fields of God (w of the 18th Lower Egyptian nome)
Hnwt tAwy – The Lady of the Two Lands
Hryt ib bwgm – Who is in the midst of bwgm (unknown location in Nubia)
Hryt ib sAw – Who is in the midst of Sais
Hryt ib sxt nTr – Who is in the midst of sxt nTr (w of the 18th Lower Egyptian nome)
Hryt ib tA S – Who is in the midst of the Fayum
xwt it.s Hry ib tA S – Who protects her father, who is in the Fayum
xntyt sxt nTr – The Foremost of the Fields of God (w of the 18th Lower Egyptian nome)
xntyt SA iAbtt – The Foremost of the eastern arable lands
qmAt irw m sxt nTr – Who creates the figures in the fields of god (w of the 18th Lower Egyptian nome)

4. Shrines/Sanctuaries:
irt sA sn.s m xnt Hwt nbw – Who prepares the protection of her brother in the house of gold
mHt aH m Awt ib – Who fills the palace with joy
nbt aH – The Lady of the Palace
nbt pr wr – The Lady of the pr wr (Lower Egyptian kingdom shrine/sanctuary)
nbt pr ms – The Lady of the Birth Houses
rrt m Hwt aAt – Who is raised/reared in the Great House
Hnwt pr bAstt Smaw – The Lady of the House of Bast of Upper Egypt
Hnwt pr nsr – The Lady of the House of Flame (Lower Egyptian kingdom shrine/sanctuary)
Hryt ib bnnt – Who is in the midst of the Temple of Khonsu (in Karnak)
Hryt ib Hwt bnbn – Who is in the midst of the Benben House
Hryt ib Hwt Xnmt nHH – Who is in the midst of the Temple of Medinet Habu
xntyt iAt dit – The Foremost of iAt dit (Tempel of Aset in Dendara)
xntyt pr pn – The Foremost of This Temple
xntyt pr bAstt Smaw – The Foremost of the House of Bast of Upper Egypt
xntyt pr ms – The Foremost of the Birth Houses
xntyt Hwt hy – The Foremost of the House of Jubilation
xntyt Hwt sr – The Foremost of the Princely House
xntyt Hwt sSSt – The Foremost of the House of Sistrums
xntyt st wrt – The Foremost of the Great Throne
Spst nfrt m Hwt TAy - The perfectly Magnificent One in the house of the Masculine One (Tôd or Armant)
Spst nfrt m st msxnt – The perfectly Magnificent One at the Birth Place (= Room E in Dendara)

5. Body of Water:
nbt iSrw – The Lady of the iSrw Waters
nbt bAst m mw n ra – The Lady of Bubastis in the Waters of Ra

6. Cardinal Points:
nbt iAbtt – The Lady of the East
xntyt SA iAbtt – The Foremost of the eastern arable lands

8. Other:
aqt n.s iAwt – Who enters the hill for herself
niwt S.s – The place of her lake
nbt mkt m SA Dsr – The Mistress of Protection in the Defined Pasture
nbt niwwt – The Mistress of Cities
Hwt Hr m spAt nbt – Hethert in every nome
Hnwt tAw nbw – The Mistress of all the Lands
Hryt ib wHAt – Who is in the midst of the oasis
HqAt nt spAwt – The Ruler of the Nomes
xntyt sxt Dsrt – The Ruler of the Defined Fields
C. Fauna/Flora:
1. Animals:
aDt – Female ichneumon
nrt – Female vulture
Hwnt – Young lioness

D. In Connection with Vegetation:


1. Inundation:
Hapy m sqdt Xr.s – On her order, the flood water flows

E. Development:
1. Creator/Mother Deity:
irt nTrwt m wDt.s – Who gives birth to goddesses on her command
mst TAy – Who brings up a boy in the world
qmAt irw m sxt nTr – Who creates the figures in the field of god (w of the 18th Lower Egyptian nome)
qmAt stwt – Who creates the rays

F. Life/Death:
3. Other:
nbt anx – The Lady of Life
rdit anx n Sm Hr wAt.s – She gives life to those who go on her way/path
Hnwt TAw n anx – The Mistress of the Breath of Life

G. Intellectual Properties:
1. Knowledge:
nn hb xAtyw m xm.s – The knife demons do not enter without her knowledge

H. Physical Properties:
1. Personal Strength:
aAt pHty – She with great strength

3. Speed/Agility:
nbt Hpt – The Mistress of the Run/Course
xAxt nmtt – She with the swift gait

5. Physical Characteristics and Body Parts:


aSAt Hrw – She with many faces
aSAt xprw – She with many forms
aSAt xprw m tA nTr – She with many appearances in the land of god
nbt xprw – The Mistress of Manifestations
nfrt Hr – She with perfect face
nDmt sTy – She with pleasant scent
I. Other Attributes:
2. Clothing and Jewelry:
nbt ins – The Mistress of the Red Linen
nbt Xkrw – The Mistress of Jewelry
nbt sSd – The Mistress of the Binding

J. Crown Goddesses (Also Cobra):


wat m tp n Axty – The Unique One at the Head of the Horizontic One
wnmyt – The Devouring (Flame)
mHnyt – The Forehead Snake
mHnyt nt Hr Axty – The Forehead Snake of Heruakhety
mHnyt nt DfD n wDAt – The Forehead Snake of the Pupil of the Udjat Eye
Hryt tp – The Cobra
Hryt tp wrt – The Great Cobra
Hryt tp wrt m wTst Hr – The Great Cobra in Edfu
Hryt tp nt ra – The Cobra of Ra
Hryt tp m tp n nTr nb – The Cobra at the Head of Each God
HDt m iwnw – The White One of Heliopolis

K. Eye Goddess:
irt ra – The Eye of Ra
irt Hr – The Eye of Heru
irt Hr wrt – The Great Eye of Heru
irt tm – The Eye of Atum
sSmt nt DfD n wDAt – The sSmt Eye of the Pupil of the Udjat Eye

L. Personal Elements (Ba, Ka, etc):


wrt bAw – She with great Bas
bA n Ast – The Ba of Aset
bA n nbty rxyt – The Ba of the Lady of Rekhit
sxat bAw.s – Who allows her Ba to shine
gm bAw.s – Who has found her Ba

M. As an Acting Deity:
2. As a Punitive Deity:
irt Sat m XAkw ib – Who inflicts a massacre against the crooked-hearted
irt Sat m sbiw nw […] – Who inflicts a massacre of the enemies [...]
bs nbit.s r xftyw.s – Whose flame comes out against her enemies
bs sDt r sbiw nw skr – Who lets her flame come out again the enemies of Sokar
nsrt sbiw m hh.s – Who burns the rebels with her fiery breath
sxrt xftyw nw HqA imAx – Who brings the enemies of the ruler of venerability to fall
dxt Xnnww – Who casts down the rebels
4. As a Protective Deity:
irt mkt n it.s ra – Who prepares the protection of her father, Ra
irt sA nwn m sS.f – Who prepares the protection of her child in his nest
irt sA sn.s m xnt Hwt nbw – Who prepares the protection of her brother in the House of Gold
mkt it.s ra – Who protects her father, Ra
nbt mkt m SA Dsr – The Mistress of Protection in the Defined Pasture
nDtyt nt it.s – The Protector of her Father
Hmt SmAyw – Who pushes back the migrant demons
xwt it.s – Who protects her father
xwt it.s Hry ib tA S – Who protects her father who is in the Fayum
xwt ant Hna sA.s Hr – Who protects Anat with her son, Heru

6. As a Pleased Deity:
nbt Awt ib – The Mistress of Joy
nbt hy – The Mistress of Jubilation
nbt hnw – The Mistress of Jubilation
nbt Haawt – The Mistress of Jubilation
nbt Haawt m bAst – The Mistress of Jubilation in Bubastis

9. As a Laudatory/Musician Deity:
Hknt – The Laudator
stfnt irt ra m sx n Dbaw.s – Who delights Ra with the beat of her fingers (that is, as a musician)

10. Other:
pnqt rwS – Who exhausts/bails out the concerns (cf Kopt HWb, 170)

N. Beneficiary of the Actions of Others:


1. Recipient of Worship:
xrw sr nfr r [Link] – To her ears, the sound of the hand drum is beautiful

2. Recipient of Offerings:
nbt Htpw – The Lady of Offerings

4. As a Protected Deity:
bik Hr xwt.s – Who is protected by the falcon
nTrw Hr xwt.s – Who is protected by the gods

O. Rule:
1. Titles of Rule:
ityt – The Ruler
ityt m idbw Hr – The Ruler in Egypt
nswt bityt – The (reigning) Queen
HqAt – The Ruler
HqAt m is nHs – The Ruler in the Laboratory of nHs (unknown location in the 18th Lower Egyptian nome)
HqAt nt spAwt – The Ruler of the Nomes

6. Unification of the Two Lands:


Abx n.s tAwy – The Two Lands are United for Her

7. Crowns:
nbt iarwt – The Lady of Cobras

8. Throne:
Hryt xndw.s – Who is on her Throne

P. Family Relationships:
1. Blood Relations:
irt mkt n it.s ra – Who prepares the protection of her father, Ra
irt sA sn.s m xnt Hwt nbw – Who prepares the protection of her brother in the house of gold
it.s Hr sqbb tAw.s – Her Father cools her heat (her anger)
mwt nTr – The mother of god
mwt nTrw – The mother of the gods
mst sr – Who gives birth to the ram
mkt it.s ra – Who protects her father, Ra
nDtyt nt it.s – The Protector of her Father
xwt it.s – Who protects her father
xwt it.s Hry ib tA S – Who protects her father, who is in the Fayum
sAt ra – The daughter of Ra
sAt xpri – The daughter of Khepera
sAt tm – The daughter of Atum
snwt – The sisters
sHtpt ib n it.s ra – Who satisfies the heart of her father, Ra

R. Social/Material Position:
1. As a Popular/Contended Deity:
wrt mrwt – She with great popularity
bnrt mrwt – The very popular one
Haa nTrw m mAA Hr.s – The gods rejoice at the sight of her face
Haa nTrw rmT n mAA.s – Over whose sight, the gods and people rejoice

2. As a Reputable/Respected Deity:
aAt – The Great One
aAt Sfyt – She with great authority
aSAt rnw – She with many names
wrt – The Great One
Spst wsrt – The Magnificent and Mighty One
tpyt wrt – The Great First One
3. As a Unique/Hidden Deity:
wat nt nD it.f – The Unique One of the Protectors of her Father
nn twt n.s – There is no one like her
Hnwt wat – The Unique Mistress
Hryt sStA – Who is over the secret
Hryt sStA n tm – Who is over the secret of Atum
StAt irw – She with the secret form

4. As a Perfect/Excellent Deity:
nbwt – The Golden One

5. As a Dreaded/Violent Deity:
iwtt xsf.s – Whose defense does not exist
it.s Hr sqbb tAw.s – Her Father cools her heat (her anger)
aAt nrw – She with great terror
aAt nrw m iwnt – She with great terror in Dendara
aAt nrw m tA rr – She with great terror in Dendara
aAt Hryt – She with great terror
nbt nrw – The Mistress of Terror
nbt snD – The Mistress of Fear
nbt Sat – The Mistress of Carnage
nsrt – The Fiery/Flaming One
hAbt wpwtyw nw xnty imntt m nTrw dmDw – Who sends the messengers of Khenti Amenti as united
gods
hAbt xAtyw – Who sends out the knife demons
Hnwt wpwtyw – The Mistress of Messengers
Hryt sHrw kkw – Who is above those who drive out the darkness

6. As a Mighty/Successful Deity:
wsrt – The Powerful One
wsrt ib – She with the powerful heart
sxmt m aHA – Who is powerful in the fight
sxmt m nTrw nbw – Who has power over all the gods

8. Other Social/Physical Position:


Hnwt – The Mistress
Hnwt nfrt – The perfect mistress
Hnwt nTrw – The mistress of the gods
Hnwt nTrw nbw – The mistress of all the gods
Hnwt nTrwt – The mistress of the goddesses
Hryt nTrw nbw – Who is over all the gods
xntyt nTrwt – The Foremost of the Goddesses
Spswt m pXr.s – The Magnificent Ones are in her area
tpyt imy wty nbty – The First One, who is among the nbty goddesses
9. Relationship with Other Deities:
irt ra – The Eye of Ra
irt Hr – The Eye of Heru
irt Hr wrt – The Great Eye of Heru
irt tm – The Eye of Atum
irt sA nwn m sS.f – Who prepares the protection of her child in his nest
wat nt nD it.f – The Unique One of the Protectors of her Father
wat m tp n Axty – The Unique One at the Head of the Horizontic One
bA n Ast – The Ba of Aset
bA n nbty rxyt – The Ba of the Lady of Rekhit
mHnyt nt Hr Axty – The Forehead Snake of Heruakhety
mHnyt nt DfD n wDAt – The Forehead Snake of the Pupil of the Udjat Eye
hAbt wpwtyw nw xnty imntt m nTrw dmDw – Who sends the messengers of Khenti Amenti as united
gods
Hryt sStA n tm – Who is over the secret of Atum
Hryt tp nt ra – The Cobra of Ra
xwt ant Hna sA.s Hr – Who protects Anat with her son, Heru
sxrt xftyw nw HqA imAx – Who brings the enemies of the ruler of venerability to fall
sSmt nt DfD n wDAt – The sSmt Eye of the Pupil of the Udjat Eye
sStAt nt tm – The Hidden One of Atum
stfnt irt ra m sx n Dbaw.s – Who delights Ra with the beat of her fingers (that is, as a musician)

T. Temple and Cult:


2. Festivals:
aSAt Hbw – She with many festivals
nbt Hb sd – The Mistress of the Sed Festival

3. Statue:
Dsr sStA.s m hn StA – Her shape is exalted in the secret box

4. Barques and Other Ships:


Hryt ib wiA.f – Who is in the midst of her barque

5. Sacred Objects:
nbt hn – The Mistress of the Box
Dsr sStA.s m hn StA – Her shape is exalted in the secret box

V. In Relation to Food:
nbt kAw – The Lady of Food

W. In Connection to Concepts of Time (Also Times of Day):


wpt rnpt nfrt – Who opens the perfect year
wpt rnpt nfrt n nb.s – Who opens the perfect year for her (= of the year) Lord
nbt tpy rnpt – The Mistress of the Beginning of the Year
X. Identification with Other Gods:
wnwt – Wenut (= The Hurrying One?)
wrt HkAw – She with great magic
bAt – Bat (Goddess of the 7th Upper Egyptian nome)
mHyt wrt – Mehit, the Great
nxbt – Nekhbet
rnn wtt – Renenutet
Hwt Hr m spAt nbt – Hethert in every nome
tfnt – Tefnut

Y. Other:
nbt ibr – The Lady of Labdanum
nbt wDAt – The Lady of the Udjat Eye
nbt wDAty – The Lady of the Two Udjat Eyes
nbt Hknw – The Lady of the Hknw Oils
nTrt – The Goddess

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