Bata (god)
Bata from Saka is an Egyptian bull-god of the New Kingdom, who represents together with his brother Anubis the 17th Upper Egyptian Nome.
History
Until the middle of the
Old Kingdom, known from the Saqqara necropolis, for instance from the Mastaba of Ti. Bata is not mentioned in the Pyramid Texts and Coffin Texts
.
In literature
Bata is the name of the protagonist in the Ptolemaic Papyrus Jumilhac.
See also
Bibliography
- Susan T. Hollis: On the Nature of Bata, the Hero of the Papyrus d'Orbiney, in: Chronique d'Égypte 59, 1984, 248-257