Nemty
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Tjebu, Badari | |
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Nemty's worship is quite ancient, dating from at least the
Over time, Nemty became considered simply as the god of
Nemty appears in the tale
Two pharaohs bore theophoric names incorporating Nemty's, both during the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt at the end of the Old Kingdom period, Merenre Nemtyemsaf I and Merenre Nemtyemsaf II. Here "Nemtyemsaf" means "Nemty is his protection".
In older literature, the hieroglyphs of the god were read as Anti or Anty. Several studies confirmed that this reading is not correct.[3]
"Nemty" is also the name of a ransomware program.[4]
References
- ISBN 0-415-26011-6, p.315
- ^ "The Contendings of Horus and Seth" in William Kelly Simpson (ed.), The Literature of Ancient Egypt, 1972
- ISSN 0321-0391, pp. 3–30, online (PDF; 548 KB). Oleg D. Berlev: Der Falke im Boot.
- ^ "Nemty Ransomware: learning by doing". McAfee.