The Relation between the Name of Goddess srt and the term Hp

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Tourism Guidance, Faculty of Tourism & Hotels, Suez Canal University

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The name of goddess Seret appeared for the first time during the 5th Dynasty. It was written twice in an inscription on the dorsal pillar of a statue of wsr-kA.f-anx at Abusir. He had the titles of Priest of Seret and Overseer of the Mansion of the Cow of Seret. Goddess Seret was also called goose goddess relating to the bird determinative borrowed from the homophone sr which means “goose”. She is also the duck in Apis’s name, which is written during the Old Kingdom containing the duck determinative along with the determinative of the bull. The bird in Seret’s name is attributed to the common appearance of the sr-goose and the Hp-duck in the animal queue and the offering lists during the Old Kingdom. Her worship arised from an area in the Nile delta which was inahbited by Lybians at that time. This research aims to spot light on goddess Seret which was rarely mentioned in the ancient Egyptian texts and the relation between the goddess’ name and the term  Hp  in the ancient Egyptian language.

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