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Khentykhety |
He was normally seen as a man with a falcon's head by the name "Horus-Khentekhtai" (in picture left) having horns within the sun atop of his head. In his first depictions from the Middle Kingdom, he had a bull's head as "Osiris-Khentekhtai" wearing an Atef-crown with horns. Old texts indicate that he had a temple of his own during king Amenho- tep III of the 18th dynasty, likely in his home town which by tradition was linked to the crocodile. He could also be depicted as a man with a croco- dile's head (like Sobek) and in hieroglyphic texts he was seen as just this animal, which might be his original form from way back, with deeds and duties now unknown. Main text |