Per-Ptaḥ
𓊪𓏏𓎛𓀭 𓊪𓏏𓎛 𓊪𓏏𓎛𓁰 𓊪𓏏𓎛𓁱
𓊪𓏏𓎛𓅆 𓊪𓏏𓎛𓁰𓀭 𓊪𓏏𓎛𓊹
Demotic
Art by Nick Galvin
(Demotic)
MDC: ptH
Gardiner: ptḥ
Budge: Ptaḥ , Pteḥ, Pet
James P. Allen: ptḥ
Transliteration: Ptaḥ
Linear B Pe-ti-yo/𐀠𐀴𐀍
Akkadian p-ta-aḫ, Petû ; iptiḫ ; ip-ti-ḫa ? (needs ref.); p-taḫ from (mar-ni-ip-taḫ 𒈥𒉌𒅁(𒈭?)
Sanskrit: (Pitaḥ) from पित 'oh father' ?
Cuneiform (transcript of NK Doc) : p-taḫ
Coptic: Ptʰaḥ/ⲡⲑⲁϩ (B) , Ptaḥ/ⲡⲧⲁϩ (S) , tobᵉḥ /ⲧⲟⲃϩ︦, tōbᵉḥ /ⲧⲱⲃϩ︦, tōbaḥ /ⲧⲱⲃⲁϩ (to pray, to beg, to ask a prayer); Pashons/Ⲡⲁϣⲟⲛⲥ (B), Pashōns/Ⲡⲁϣⲱⲛⲥ (S) (Named ptHSm after the 1st month of Shóm); Pa/ⲡⲁ > ⲡⲁⲟⲡⲓ (name)
Hebrew: Phwt/פחות , Pht, פחת , Pheth -Topheth , Pâthakh /פֶּתַח ? , Phwat (Proto-Semitic ?)
Greek: Pʰtʰá/ Φθά , Pakhōn /Πα𝛘ών from Pashōns/Ⲡⲁϣⲱⲛⲥ ; Pʰtʰás/ Φθάς
Demotic: Ptḥ
Arabic: Ptah/ بتاح
Latin : Phthas
English: Ptah
Kemetic: Ptah
Alt:
Pronounced: Ptaḥ (traditional), Pi'taḥ ; Pitáḥ (some claim based off of Sanskrit पित 'oh father')
IPA reconstruction : piˈtaħ (Old Egyptian,2500 BCE)
piˈtaħ (Middle Egyptian, 1700 BCE)
pəˈtaħ (Late Egyptian, 800 BCE)
pʰəˈʰtaħ (-New)
pʰtʰaħ (Late- Greco-Romen)
pɛtɛħ (Loprieno)
Meaning: 'one who creates - /ptH/𓊪𓏏𓎛 "to make, to form, to create"
Gardiner: ptḥ
Budge: Ptaḥ , Pteḥ, Pet
James P. Allen: ptḥ
Transliteration: Ptaḥ
Linear B Pe-ti-yo/𐀠𐀴𐀍
Akkadian p-ta-aḫ, Petû ; iptiḫ ; ip-ti-ḫa ? (needs ref.); p-taḫ from (mar-ni-ip-taḫ 𒈥𒉌𒅁(𒈭?)
Sanskrit: (Pitaḥ) from पित 'oh father' ?
Cuneiform (transcript of NK Doc) : p-taḫ
Coptic: Ptʰaḥ/ⲡⲑⲁϩ (B) , Ptaḥ/ⲡⲧⲁϩ (S) , tobᵉḥ /ⲧⲟⲃϩ︦, tōbᵉḥ /ⲧⲱⲃϩ︦, tōbaḥ /ⲧⲱⲃⲁϩ (to pray, to beg, to ask a prayer); Pashons/Ⲡⲁϣⲟⲛⲥ (B), Pashōns/Ⲡⲁϣⲱⲛⲥ (S) (Named ptHSm after the 1st month of Shóm); Pa/ⲡⲁ > ⲡⲁⲟⲡⲓ (name)
Hebrew: Phwt/פחות , Pht, פחת , Pheth -Topheth , Pâthakh /פֶּתַח ? , Phwat (Proto-Semitic ?)
Greek: Pʰtʰá/ Φθά , Pakhōn /Πα𝛘ών from Pashōns/Ⲡⲁϣⲱⲛⲥ ; Pʰtʰás/ Φθάς
Demotic: Ptḥ
Arabic: Ptah/ بتاح
Latin : Phthas
English: Ptah
Kemetic: Ptah
Alt:
Pronounced: Ptaḥ (traditional), Pi'taḥ ; Pitáḥ (some claim based off of Sanskrit पित 'oh father')
IPA reconstruction : piˈtaħ (Old Egyptian,2500 BCE)
piˈtaħ (Middle Egyptian, 1700 BCE)
pəˈtaħ (Late Egyptian, 800 BCE)
pʰəˈʰtaħ (-New)
pʰtʰaħ (Late- Greco-Romen)
pɛtɛħ (Loprieno)
Meaning: 'one who creates - /ptH/𓊪𓏏𓎛 "to make, to form, to create"
Home: qdt Ptah Ptah's workshop 𓐪𓏏𓉐𓊪𓏏𓎛, mn nfr/ Memphis
Temples:
Ptah at Pi-Ramses
Ptah who listens to prayers, Het-kA-Ptah Name became ekeptia ⲉⲕⲉⲡϯⲗ Hikuptah> Aigyptos> Egypt, Ptah who is south of his wall at Memphis/mnnfr
Ptah-Sokar at Abydos
Ptah-Sokar at Kom el-Hettan in Thebes
Ptah who listens to prayers at Deir el-Medina in Thebes
Ptah at Karnak in Thebes
Ptah at Gerf Hussein in Nubia
Ptah lord of truth at Abu Simbel in Nubia
Cult: Memphis, Thebes
Nome:
Consort
Sekhmet (triad of Memphis)
Bastet Sometimes
Children
Nefertum son with Sekhmet (triad of Memphis)
Ma'āhesa son with Sekhmet or Bastet
ii-em-Hotep/ Imhotep (He is said to be the father of with Sekhmet )
Father
Self created
Mother
Self created
Siblings
Alternative Parentage
Priest names
wr xrp Hmwt (Chief controller of Craftsmen) Memphis/ mnnfr
wr-Hmwt (greatest of the master craftsmen, high priests of Ptah in Memphis )
Features
A green skinned man who is mummified with a ceremonial beard and skull cap standing on a plinth, holding a staff with a combination of the Ankh (life), Djed pillar (stability) and the Was scepter (dominion). He sometimes adorns with the Atef crown or wearing a meant neckless. According to Budge he was considered the sun god and opener of the day like Tem was the closer of the day and his name might have derived from the semitic word pâthakh פֶﬨַח meaning
Opener'
Symbols
- The wAs scepter 𓌀 dominion and power
- The anx sign 𓋹 life
- Dd pillar 𓊽 stability and enduring
Ba soul embodiment with human head and bird body
Ankhs
Was scepter
Bull
Apis bull (He is said to be in Memphis)
Ear glyph
Moringa Tree
Roles
God of creation, fertility, the arts, craftsmen, metalworking, stonemasons, carpenters, ship builders, sculptors, painters, architects. He is considered to be a demiurge who existed before all other things. Other wise known as the Great architect. God of the Necropolis of Saqqara. Opener of the day. Created the universe by uttering the word of creation "Ḥu", As an earth god he formed men out of clay on a potte 's wheel much like Khnum. As a god of craftsmen he was import in Karnak and Deir el-Medina.
He was said to create himself from himself he had creative organs assigned to him, heart and tongue. By speaking out loud the thoughts formed with the heart and thus created the universe. He created the world by the power of words alone. He later became known more as a more as a “spiritual” creator rather then a physical one.
Patron of
craftsmen
Connection to other gods
Bes (Egypt Late Kingdom)
Soker Egypt absorbed powers (mummy wrappings)
Tatenen Egypt absorbed powers (embodies under ground rumbing why patron of metalworks and blacksmiths)
Wesir Egypt (sometimes adorns the Atef crown)
Ra and Aten Egypt (during Amarna period)
El from Proto-Sinaitic, Phoenician, Aramaic, and Hittite
Hephaestus/Ἥφαιστος , Hephaistos Greek
Asclepius/Aesculapius/ Ἀσκληπιός Greek
Vulcan Romen
Sethlans Etruscan
Hephaestus/ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ / Ἥφαιστος Hēphaistos (Greek god of blacksmiths, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metals, metallurgy, fire and volcanoes) (becuase Ptah assciation with craftsmen)
Amun, Ra, and Ptah [made up the Imperial Triad] (18-20th D)
Hybrid gods
Ptah-Wesir 𓊪𓏏𓎛𓀭𓁹𓊨𓀭
Ptah-Hapi 𓊪𓏏𓎛𓀭𓎛𓂝𓊪𓈘𓈗𓀭
Ptah-Nu 𓊪𓏏𓎛𓀭𓏌𓏌𓏌𓇯𓈗 (creator of the sky)
Ptah-Sokar 𓊪𓏏𓎛𓊃𓎡𓂋𓏭𓀭 (OK) (Memphis)
Ptah-Sokar-Wesir 𓊪𓏏𓎛𓊃𓎡𓂋𓏭𓀭𓁹𓊨𓀭 ( (creation, death and resurrection (more importaint) (MK)
Ptah-Sokar-Tem 𓊪𓏏𓎛𓊃𓎡𓂋𓏭𓏏𓍃𓀭
Ptah-Tatenen 𓊪𓏏𓎛𓀭𓏏𓏐𓏒𓇑𓇑𓁩 (NK)
Celebrations
Master of ceremonies of Heb Sed
I Akhet day 14 Feast of Ptah
II Akhet whole month is associated with mnxt, Menkhet scared to Ptah and Taweret
II Akhet day 19 Feat of the Djed of Ptah, Lord of the Workshop
II Akhet day 25 Feast of Ptah and Heka
V Akhet 17-26: a week long (ten day) Feast of Ptah-Sokar
II Peret days 1-2: Ptah Lifts Ra’s Heaven
II Peret days 20-29: a week long (ten day) Feast of Ptah
II Peret day 24: Feast of Ptah Who Protects the Winged Golden Disk
III Peret day 1: Feast of Ptah
IV Peret day 30: Offerings to Ptah-Sokar-Wesir and All Gods
IV Shomu day 29: Holiday of the Temple of Ptah-Sokar
Offering items
Bread
Beer
Bowl of water
Clay
Art you have made
Tools of the trade refer to his roles for more info
Other names
Epitaphs
mrj.y n.y ptH : Beloved of Ptah
Ax pt m HAp.f : Who lifts the heavens with his hands
it HAt qmA swHt ra iaH : father of beginnings, and creator of the egg[s] of the Sun and Moon
it itw wsr wsrw : father of father, power of powers
it nTrw : father of the gods
Xrty-bAk.f : Who is under his Moringa Tree
mry-ptH : beloved Ptah
msDr sDm : Ear that hears
msw Hmw.wi : Creator of crafts
nb anx-tAwy : Lord of the two lands of life
nb HkA : Lord of Magicnb inb-HD = Lord of the white walls
nb mAat : Lord of truth/righteousness
nb nHH, or nb Dd : Lord of eternity
nfr Hr : Beautiful face, kindly of face, gracious faces, the fair face niswt tAwy = King of the two lands
nTr aA : Great god
nTr aA wr SA a kpr : The very great god who came into being in the earliest time
ptH nb anx =: Ptah lord of life
ptH n tA st-nfrw qmA Hmww : Ptah of the Valley of the Queens, who created crafts
ptH rsy-inb.f : Ptah who is at the head of the West
qmA swHt : Who created the egg
rsi inb.f : South of his wall
sanx tA, gnwty tA : sculptor of the earth
sDm nHit : Who hears prayers
sDm-sprw : Hears petitions
sDm-snmHw : Hears prayers, listens to prayers
tA-tni (tnn-earth) > /Ta- Tanen/ تا - تنن : Raised land
wr xrp Hmwt : Greatest of the master craftsmen
Great name of the god of Mennefer
master of justice (possibilities iry mAat, nb mAat)
Master builder
Lord of Darkness
Lord of snakes and fish
The one with the beautiful face
Father of the gods, from whom all life emanates
ref.http://www.enim-egyptologie.fr/revue/2013/9/Klotz_ENIM6_p169-176.pdf, Ref.wepwawet.org
Invocations to Ptah
D(d)-mdw (i)n ptH nb mAat nswt-tAwy
nfr-Hr msw Hmww.t
Hr(y) st-wrt m Htp
djed-medu ȧn Ptaḥ neb ma'āt nesit-tauy
noufer-ḥer mesu ḥenuu.et
ḥery es.et-weret em ḥotep
Words spoken by Ptah, Lord of religiousness, king of the TwoLands,
Perfect of face, who created crafts,
One who presiding over the great place at rest
•
Ptah the beautiful face/ ptH nfr Hr
Ptah lord of truth/ ptH nb mAat
Ptah master of justice/ ptH mAxty
Ptah who listens to prayers
Ptah master of ceremonies
Ptah lord of eternity
~wiki
•
Hail to you, Ptah, father of the gods,
To-Tjenen (Tate’nen) elder of the primordial gods,
sacred god to the noble shapes,
Very feared, who is located in the Headquarters-Venerable,
which authority is strong,
demonstrations prestigious,
the considerable strength
that prevails all in his power.
Respectable power, beloved,
in the face of prestigious appearance
Lord of the double feather,
And shiny ornaments,
Brilliant who makes the gods alive,
Radiating, who rises on his horizon,
Illuminating the Double – country of his charm,
Lord of light,
shining in brightness rises in every eye,
living that pierces the darkness,
shining sun disk
that runs the distant sky and crosses Douat.
The Pharaoh comes to you, O Ptah!
He comes to you, god with distinguished shapes !
Hail to you! In front of the primordial gods that you created
After being in existence as divine body,
Who has shaped his own body himself
While the sky was not yet come into existence,
That the earth was not yet come into existence,
That the flow had not sprung.
You shaped the earth;
You assembled your flesh,
You counted your members;
You were unique, made his place,
God who melted the Double – Country.
You had no father who engendered you
When you came to the existence,
No mother who gave birth to you.
Let us go, let us sing for him hymns!
He who created the gods, the men and all the animals,
Who created all the countries, the banks and the very-Green (= the sea),
on his behalf of creator of the Country!
Let us go, let us sing for him hymns !
He who brought the Nile outside its cave,
Who makes turn green the fruit tree,
Who creates the necessities of what goes out ceaselessly of him,
On his behalf respectable Noun!
Hymn to the God Ptah
Adoration be to Thee, O Ptah,
He Who founds the Two Lands, the mountains and the deserts,
and keeps them green through water which comes from Heaven,
He Who covers with dew the twigs of the trees which are in every mountain-land.
There is nobody who could live without Thee, because breath comes out of Thy nose permanently, and water out of Thy mouth,
the Tree of Life grows up upon Thee,
Thou makest green the land so that Gods, humans and cattle have abundance.
He Who brings forth the Nile from His cavern,
Who makes prosperous the Tree of Life
and cares about the portion of that which come out from Him again and again in His name of Nun.
He Who sets in motion the Primeval Waters of Heaven
and expels the water in the mountains continuously in order to keep alive mankind in His name of Ptah the Creator of Life
~Berlin Papyrus 3048
nTrw xprw m ptH
netjeru kheperu em Ptaḥ
The gods who manifest in Ptah
Prayer to Ptah, of the time of Ramses III. (c. 1233 B.C.), from the Papyrus Harris (I. 44, 3 ff.)
“Hail to thee! Thou art great, thou art old, Tatenen, Father of the gods,
God ancient from the beginning;
Who fashioned men,
Who made the gods,
Who began with the creation as the first creator,
Who created for all who came after him,
Who made the heaven; as his heart he created it;
Who hanged it up,
As God Shu raised himself;
Who founded the earth of thy own power,
Who circled in the primal water of the Great Green,
Who created the invisible world, which brings the dead bodies to rest;
Who let Rā come to make them glad,
As Prince of Eternity,
Lord of Eternity,
Lord of Life;
Who fills the lungs with air,
Who gives breath to every nostril,
Who vivifies all beings with his gifts.
Length of life, fortune, and fate are subject unto him
They live by that which goeth forth out of his mouth.
Who made contentment for all the gods,
In his form of ancient primal water;
Lord of Eternity, to whom Eternity is subject,
Breath of Life for all beings.”
D(d)-mdw (i)n ptH nb mAat nswt-tAwy
nfr-Hr msw Hmww.t
Hr(y) st-wrt m Htp
djed-medu ȧn Ptaḥ neb ma'āt nesit-tauy
noufer-ḥer mesu ḥenuu.et
ḥery es.et-weret em ḥotep
Words spoken by Ptah, Lord of religiousness, king of the TwoLands,
Perfect of face, who created crafts,
One who presiding over the great place at rest
•
Ptah the beautiful face/ ptH nfr Hr
Ptah lord of truth/ ptH nb mAat
Ptah master of justice/ ptH mAxty
Ptah who listens to prayers
Ptah master of ceremonies
Ptah lord of eternity
~wiki
•
Hail to you, Ptah, father of the gods,
To-Tjenen (Tate’nen) elder of the primordial gods,
sacred god to the noble shapes,
Very feared, who is located in the Headquarters-Venerable,
which authority is strong,
demonstrations prestigious,
the considerable strength
that prevails all in his power.
Respectable power, beloved,
in the face of prestigious appearance
Lord of the double feather,
And shiny ornaments,
Brilliant who makes the gods alive,
Radiating, who rises on his horizon,
Illuminating the Double – country of his charm,
Lord of light,
shining in brightness rises in every eye,
living that pierces the darkness,
shining sun disk
that runs the distant sky and crosses Douat.
The Pharaoh comes to you, O Ptah!
He comes to you, god with distinguished shapes !
Hail to you! In front of the primordial gods that you created
After being in existence as divine body,
Who has shaped his own body himself
While the sky was not yet come into existence,
That the earth was not yet come into existence,
That the flow had not sprung.
You shaped the earth;
You assembled your flesh,
You counted your members;
You were unique, made his place,
God who melted the Double – Country.
You had no father who engendered you
When you came to the existence,
No mother who gave birth to you.
Let us go, let us sing for him hymns!
He who created the gods, the men and all the animals,
Who created all the countries, the banks and the very-Green (= the sea),
on his behalf of creator of the Country!
Let us go, let us sing for him hymns !
He who brought the Nile outside its cave,
Who makes turn green the fruit tree,
Who creates the necessities of what goes out ceaselessly of him,
On his behalf respectable Noun!
Hymn to the God Ptah
Adoration be to Thee, O Ptah,
He Who founds the Two Lands, the mountains and the deserts,
and keeps them green through water which comes from Heaven,
He Who covers with dew the twigs of the trees which are in every mountain-land.
There is nobody who could live without Thee, because breath comes out of Thy nose permanently, and water out of Thy mouth,
the Tree of Life grows up upon Thee,
Thou makest green the land so that Gods, humans and cattle have abundance.
He Who brings forth the Nile from His cavern,
Who makes prosperous the Tree of Life
and cares about the portion of that which come out from Him again and again in His name of Nun.
He Who sets in motion the Primeval Waters of Heaven
and expels the water in the mountains continuously in order to keep alive mankind in His name of Ptah the Creator of Life
~Berlin Papyrus 3048
nTrw xprw m ptH
netjeru kheperu em Ptaḥ
The gods who manifest in Ptah
Prayer to Ptah, of the time of Ramses III. (c. 1233 B.C.), from the Papyrus Harris (I. 44, 3 ff.)
“Hail to thee! Thou art great, thou art old, Tatenen, Father of the gods,
God ancient from the beginning;
Who fashioned men,
Who made the gods,
Who began with the creation as the first creator,
Who created for all who came after him,
Who made the heaven; as his heart he created it;
Who hanged it up,
As God Shu raised himself;
Who founded the earth of thy own power,
Who circled in the primal water of the Great Green,
Who created the invisible world, which brings the dead bodies to rest;
Who let Rā come to make them glad,
As Prince of Eternity,
Lord of Eternity,
Lord of Life;
Who fills the lungs with air,
Who gives breath to every nostril,
Who vivifies all beings with his gifts.
Length of life, fortune, and fate are subject unto him
They live by that which goeth forth out of his mouth.
Who made contentment for all the gods,
In his form of ancient primal water;
Lord of Eternity, to whom Eternity is subject,
Breath of Life for all beings.”
#ptH , #Ptah
