Per-Sopdet
𓏚𓊪𓂧𓏏𓇼𓁐 𓏚𓏏𓁐 𓊹𓏚𓇼𓏏𓆇 𓋴𓏚𓂧𓏏𓇼𓁐
𓏚𓏏𓇼
MDC : spdt
Gardiner:
Budge: Sepdet
Transliteration: Sepdet
Coptic: Soti/ⲥⲟϯ
Hebrew:
Greek: Sôthis/Σῶθις
Demotic: Satjet/ sTt ?
English: Sothis
Kemetic:
Alt:
Pronounced: Sōpdet, sepdet
IPA : ˈsaptʼat > ˈsaptʼaʔ > ˈsaptʼə > (5th BCE Attic Greek) sɔ̂ː.tʰis , (1st CE Egyptian Greek) ˈso.tʰis , (4th CE Koine Greek) ˈso.θis , (10th CE Byzantine Greek-15th CE Constantinopolitan)ˈso.θis ; (modern Egyptological) sɛpdɛt, sopdɛt
Meaning: She who is sharp "Egyptian name for the star Sirius" : spdt 𓏚𓏏𓇼 "Sirius"
< spd 𓋴𓏚𓂧𓌪 "Sharp" + .t 𓏏 "She"
Home: constellation of Orion
Temple:
Nome:
Consort
Sah (constellation of Orion)
Children
Sopdu (Horu Sopdu) (son)
Parents
Siblings
Sometimes called Wesir/ Osiris Brother
Priest names
Hm nTr
Features
She is depicted as a women with a 5 pointed star atop her head, most of the time wearing a tall crown similar to the White Crown of Upper Egypt. Early on she was worshiped as a cow-goddess.
Symbols
Stars
Cows
Roles
She stands for Sirius the brightness star in the night sky. Sirius (heliacal) rises in the July-August sky, the Nile River begins its annual flood, and so the ancient Egyptians connected the two. She is also the goddess of the fertility of the soil.
Hybrid gods
Auset-Sopdet/ Isis-Sothis
Connection to other gods
Auset/ Isis (in ref to the triad, Sopdet's husband Sah was related to Wesir/Osirus and her son Sopdu Heru/ Horus.
Celebrations
She brings in the New Year
Offering items
star objects
Protects
Other names
Epitaphs
it nTrw--Father of the gods