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Per-Kherty

𓌨𓏏     𓌨𓏏𓇋𓅆       𓌨𓂋𓍘𓇋𓅆


MDC: xrty
Gardiner:
Budge:
Alt Egyptian:
Ḫr.tj
Transliteration: Kherty
Coptic: 
Hebrew:
Greek: 
Demotic:  
English: Aken
Kemetic:
Alt: Kherti, Aqen
Pronounced: Kherty
Meaning: "The lower one"


Picture
Home: Duat
Dynasty: 6th, his popularity died after the Old Kingdom althogh still worhiped (MK)

Temple: Letopolis/ Ausim , Nesat/nzAt


Nome: 3rd Upper Egypt Capital City of ​Iunyt

Consort
Amuntet 

Children

Parents

Siblings

Priest names
Hm-nTr-xrty "god servant of Kherty"

Features
recumbent and mummified ram. Rarely bull or a lion.

Symbols
Shenu ring 𓍶

Roles
He drove the boat "Meseket" that carried the souls of the dead into the Duat/underworld (none royalty, Royalty goes on to Rā barque). Kherty would remain asleep until he was needed, and had to be woken by the Ferryman, Mahaf, when the dead required his services. He is first mentioned in the ‘Book of the Dead’. He was generally depicted standing in the stern of a papyrus boat. He also was the "protector of Ra's celestial bark"

Hybrid gods
 

Connection to other gods
Charon, Kharon Χάρων 'of keen gaze or flashing eyes' (parents Nyx Goddess of night and Erebus god of deep darkness, shadow)

Celebrations


Offering items
coins
​boat statues 

Protects
shepherds
fellahin/ Fallah فَلَّاح  "ploughman"
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Other names
Aqen
Ab-esh-imy-duat
Khenti-amenti
Aker (replaces him)


Epitaphs
protector of Ra's celestial bark
bringing the shenw-ring to his majesty 𓍶
mouth of the time

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