Per-Amḥotep
𓇍𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪 𓇋𓇋𓅓𓊵 𓇍𓅓𓊵 𓇍𓇋𓂻𓐝𓊵𓏏𓊪
𓇍𓇋𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪𓀼 𓇍𓐝𓊵𓀙 𓇍𓂻𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪 𓇍𓇋𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪
Ptolemaic Demotic
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Roman Demotic
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Line 4 Tuna el-Gebel
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MDC: ii-m-Htp
Gardiner: Imḥotep
Budge: Ȧi-em-ḥetep, I-em-hetep
Sextus Julius Africanus: Imouthes
Eusebius: Asklepius /Ἀσϰληπιὸϛ
Hannig: jj m ḥtp
Transliteration: Imhotep
Coptic:
Hebrew: Amhotep/אמחותפ
Greek: Imoúthēs /i.ˈmoː.tʰɛːs /Ἰμούθης, Imkʰotép/Ιμχοτέπ, Amothph, Imothph
Demotic: Iì-m-ḥtp (ref The demotic ostraca), Ỉy-m-ḥtp (Tuna el-Gebel)
English: Imhotep
Kemetic: Imhotep
Alt: Immutef, Im-hotep
Pronounced: Ēē-em-ḥōtep , or Ȧ-ē-em-ḥōtep , (some claim) jā-im-ḥātap
IPA : (modern Egyptological) iʔi ɛm ħɛtɛp , iʔi ɛm ħotɛp , ɪmˈhoʊtɛp
Meaning: "Comes in peace" - /ii/ 𓇍 "come" + /m/ 𓅓"in"+ /Htp/ 𓊵"peace"
Gardiner: Imḥotep
Budge: Ȧi-em-ḥetep, I-em-hetep
Sextus Julius Africanus: Imouthes
Eusebius: Asklepius /Ἀσϰληπιὸϛ
Hannig: jj m ḥtp
Transliteration: Imhotep
Coptic:
Hebrew: Amhotep/אמחותפ
Greek: Imoúthēs /i.ˈmoː.tʰɛːs /Ἰμούθης, Imkʰotép/Ιμχοτέπ, Amothph, Imothph
Demotic: Iì-m-ḥtp (ref The demotic ostraca), Ỉy-m-ḥtp (Tuna el-Gebel)
English: Imhotep
Kemetic: Imhotep
Alt: Immutef, Im-hotep
Pronounced: Ēē-em-ḥōtep , or Ȧ-ē-em-ḥōtep , (some claim) jā-im-ḥātap
IPA : (modern Egyptological) iʔi ɛm ħɛtɛp , iʔi ɛm ħotɛp , ɪmˈhoʊtɛp
Meaning: "Comes in peace" - /ii/ 𓇍 "come" + /m/ 𓅓"in"+ /Htp/ 𓊵"peace"
Home:
Temple: per- ii-m-Htp- sA-ptH/τὸ ’Ασκληπιειον 'the Temple of I-em-ḥetep, the son of Ptaḥ' Memphis
Nome:
Consort
Children
Parents
Ptah (father)
Kheredu-ankh (mother)
Alternative Parents
Kanofer (earth father)
Ptah (father)
Sekhmet (mother)
Siblings
Renpetneferet (sister)
Priest names
Features
Priest with a shaved head and bald cap over it, holding a papyrus role. Sometimes dressed as a priest.
Symbols
Roles
He was the Father of Medicine and became a god of medicine you pray to for medical help. He was known to send sleep to the afflicted and suffering. Alive during the 3rd Dynasty under king Djoser as chancellor and high priest of Rā at Heliopolis. Designed of the Step Pyramid of Djoser and invented a few building styles. Accredited to be the first architect engineer and physician even though others have been found. He was a Chief Carpenter and Chief Sculptor as well. He was the patron spirit of scribes in the New Kingdom, to whom they regularly poured out a libation from the water-jug of their writing outfit before beginning their work. He was the founder of Egyptian studies of astronomy as well as a scribe.
Hybrid gods
Connection to other gods
Nefertem (son of Ptah)
Djehuty/ Thoth (Egypt)
Amenhotep (architect in Thebes) (Egypt)
Asklepios /Ἀσκληπιός (god of medicin) (Greek)
Celebrations
Offering items
water
architectual tools
medical tools
artist tools
sculpting tools
Papyrus
pens
Protects
Other names
Asklepius/Ἀσκληπιὸϛ , Asklepius /Ἀσϰληπιὸϛ , Asklepios , Asclepius (alternate name according to Eusebius , identified with the Greek god of medicine) Graeco-Roman
Epitaphs
HqA-Hwt-aA /Ruler of the great building
ii-m-Htp sA ptH/ Imhotep son of Ptah
iry-pat/ Member of the elite
mAA-wr/ Looking at the big one
mDH-nxn/ Head of the shipyard
mDH-qs.ty/ Chief/head of the sculptors (Schnitzer)
sDAwty.t-bity/Seal-bearer of the king of Lower Egypt
swnw / the physician
Xry-tp-nsw/ Which is under the head of the king of Upper Egypt
ref. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imhotep
Temple: per- ii-m-Htp- sA-ptH/τὸ ’Ασκληπιειον 'the Temple of I-em-ḥetep, the son of Ptaḥ' Memphis
Nome:
Consort
Children
Parents
Ptah (father)
Kheredu-ankh (mother)
Alternative Parents
Kanofer (earth father)
Ptah (father)
Sekhmet (mother)
Siblings
Renpetneferet (sister)
Priest names
Features
Priest with a shaved head and bald cap over it, holding a papyrus role. Sometimes dressed as a priest.
Symbols
Roles
He was the Father of Medicine and became a god of medicine you pray to for medical help. He was known to send sleep to the afflicted and suffering. Alive during the 3rd Dynasty under king Djoser as chancellor and high priest of Rā at Heliopolis. Designed of the Step Pyramid of Djoser and invented a few building styles. Accredited to be the first architect engineer and physician even though others have been found. He was a Chief Carpenter and Chief Sculptor as well. He was the patron spirit of scribes in the New Kingdom, to whom they regularly poured out a libation from the water-jug of their writing outfit before beginning their work. He was the founder of Egyptian studies of astronomy as well as a scribe.
Hybrid gods
Connection to other gods
Nefertem (son of Ptah)
Djehuty/ Thoth (Egypt)
Amenhotep (architect in Thebes) (Egypt)
Asklepios /Ἀσκληπιός (god of medicin) (Greek)
Celebrations
Offering items
water
architectual tools
medical tools
artist tools
sculpting tools
Papyrus
pens
Protects
Other names
Asklepius/Ἀσκληπιὸϛ , Asklepius /Ἀσϰληπιὸϛ , Asklepios , Asclepius (alternate name according to Eusebius , identified with the Greek god of medicine) Graeco-Roman
Epitaphs
HqA-Hwt-aA /Ruler of the great building
ii-m-Htp sA ptH/ Imhotep son of Ptah
iry-pat/ Member of the elite
mAA-wr/ Looking at the big one
mDH-nxn/ Head of the shipyard
mDH-qs.ty/ Chief/head of the sculptors (Schnitzer)
sDAwty.t-bity/Seal-bearer of the king of Lower Egypt
swnw / the physician
Xry-tp-nsw/ Which is under the head of the king of Upper Egypt
ref. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imhotep
ò Askhlepios ò Hpʰaiston/ὁ Ἀσϰληπιὸϛ ὁ Ἡφαίστον "Imhotep the son of Hephaistos/Ptah"
Κόϱη ϰόσμον "pupil (of the eye) of creation?" ( hermetic book )
Κόϱη ϰόσμον "pupil (of the eye) of creation?" ( hermetic book )
Ref. Imhotep, der Asklepios der Aegypter: ein vergötterter mensch aus Volume 2 edited by Kurt Sethe
