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Ptah
Ptah, in the form of a mummified man (except for arms and face) standing on the symbol for Ma'at, holding a scepter or staff that bears the combined ankh-djed-was symbols
Name in hieroglyphs
Major cult center
Memphis
Symbol
the djed pillar, the bull
Parents
none (self-created or un-created)
Consort
Sekhmet and Bast
Offspring
Nefertem, Maahes (in some myths), Imhotep (in later, fictitious accounts) Anat later on.
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Maahes
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Nebethetepet
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Q
Qebui
Qed-her
Qetesh
R
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Rekhyt
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Renenutet
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S
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Satis
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Serket
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Shed
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Ptah/ˈtɑː/[1] (Ancient Egyptian: ptḥ, reconstructed [piˈtaħ]; Ancient Greek: Φθά; Coptic: ⲡⲧⲁϩ; Phoenician: 𐤐𐤕𐤇,[2] romanized: ptḥ)[3][note 1] is an ancient Egyptian deity, a creator god[4] and patron deity of craftsmen and architects. In the triad of Memphis, he is the husband of Sekhmet and the father of Nefertem. He was also regarded as the father of the sage Imhotep.
^"Ptah". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020.
^CIS I 111
^Ancient Egyptian, a linguistic introduction, pg 34
^Allen, James P. (1988). Genesis in Egypt: The Philosophy of Ancient Egyptian Creation Accounts. Yale Egyptological Study. pp. 38–41
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