Per-Aker
𓄿𓎡𓂋𓆙𓏥 𓄿𓎡𓂋𓀭𓏪 𓄿𓎡𓂋𓃩𓀭𓏥 𓄿𓎼𓂋𓄂𓄂
𓄿𓎡𓂋𓃟 𓄿𓎡𓂋𓅆𓏧 𓄿𓎡𓃭𓈗 𓄿𓎡𓂋𓇾
𓄿𓎡𓂋 𓄿𓎡𓂋𓃩 𓄿𓎡𓃭𓏤
MDC: Akr, Akrw
Gardiner :
Budge: Aker
Alt Egyptian: Ꜣkr , aḳr
Transliteration: Aker
Coptic: Ⲁⲕⲱⲣⲓ
Hebrew:
Greek: Akōri/Ακωρι
Demotic:
Arabic:
English:
Kemetic:
Alt: Akar
Pronounced: Akōr or Akori, ɑkɛr (modern Egyptological)
Meaning: Probably means something like "Who is at the horizon" - /Axt/ (horizon) or /Axty/ (horizon-dweller) possibly with the added /r/𓂋 " concerning" "at"; some have suggested his name means '(He) who is beneath' from possibly from /Xr/ (under) ?, Other suggestions cosmos, or earth, but /tA/ means earth and land, perhaps an archaic name for the earth?
Gardiner :
Budge: Aker
Alt Egyptian: Ꜣkr , aḳr
Transliteration: Aker
Coptic: Ⲁⲕⲱⲣⲓ
Hebrew:
Greek: Akōri/Ακωρι
Demotic:
Arabic:
English:
Kemetic:
Alt: Akar
Pronounced: Akōr or Akori, ɑkɛr (modern Egyptological)
Meaning: Probably means something like "Who is at the horizon" - /Axt/ (horizon) or /Axty/ (horizon-dweller) possibly with the added /r/𓂋 " concerning" "at"; some have suggested his name means '(He) who is beneath' from possibly from /Xr/ (under) ?, Other suggestions cosmos, or earth, but /tA/ means earth and land, perhaps an archaic name for the earth?
Home:
Temple:
Nome:
Consort
Children
Parents
Alternative Parentage
Siblings
Priest names
Followers
Features
Originally portrayed as a torso of a recumbent lion with a widely opened mouth. Later on he was depicted as two merged recumbent lion torsos looking away from each other. Middle Kingdom onwards Aker appears as a pair of twin lions.
Symbols
Roles
One of the earth gods guarding the "gate to the yonder site". A protector of the deceased Kind against snakes in the underworld. replaces the god Kherty, becoming ferryman of Ra in his nocturnal bark. In the Book of the Dead, Aker also "gives birth" to the god Khepri. Aker is asked to hide the body of the dead Wesir/Osiris beneath his womb, Aker is protected by the god Geb.They garded the gates of night and day siting on the horizon, and intern the gates to the underworld.
Hybrid gods
Connection to other gods
Geb
Sutekh/ Setesh/ Set
Ruty (same god)
Celebrations
Offering items
Protects
Other names
dwAy/dwAw "today/dawn/tomorrow" & sf "yesterday" (late period each given names) (needs ref)
Ruty (same god)
Epitaphs
He who's looking forward and behind
#Aker
ref. Wiki, www.assyrianlanguages.org, oi.uchicago.edu
Temple:
Nome:
Consort
Children
Parents
Alternative Parentage
Siblings
Priest names
Followers
Features
Originally portrayed as a torso of a recumbent lion with a widely opened mouth. Later on he was depicted as two merged recumbent lion torsos looking away from each other. Middle Kingdom onwards Aker appears as a pair of twin lions.
Symbols
Roles
One of the earth gods guarding the "gate to the yonder site". A protector of the deceased Kind against snakes in the underworld. replaces the god Kherty, becoming ferryman of Ra in his nocturnal bark. In the Book of the Dead, Aker also "gives birth" to the god Khepri. Aker is asked to hide the body of the dead Wesir/Osiris beneath his womb, Aker is protected by the god Geb.They garded the gates of night and day siting on the horizon, and intern the gates to the underworld.
Hybrid gods
Connection to other gods
Geb
Sutekh/ Setesh/ Set
Ruty (same god)
Celebrations
Offering items
Protects
Other names
dwAy/dwAw "today/dawn/tomorrow" & sf "yesterday" (late period each given names) (needs ref)
Ruty (same god)
Epitaphs
He who's looking forward and behind
#Aker
ref. Wiki, www.assyrianlanguages.org, oi.uchicago.edu
