Editing Andjety

{{Short description|Ancient Egyptian deity}}
{{Infobox deity
| type = Egyptian
| name = Andjety
| image = Andjety.svg
| cult_center = [[Abusir Bana|Andjet]]
| consort = Anit
| hiero = <hiero>a:n-D:t-ti-i</hiero> or <hiero>a:n-D:t*y-N24-A40</hiero> or [[File:Nome 9 of Lower-Egypt.png|50x50px|alt=𓈩]]
}}
{{Ancient Egyptian religion}}'''Andjety''' (meaning "He of Andjet") is a local [[ancient Egyptian deities|ancient Egyptian deity]] of the ninth [[Nome (Egypt)|nome]], centered at [[Abusir Bana|Andjet]], which was known as [[Busiris (Lower Egypt)|Busiris]] to the [[Ancient Greece|Greeks]].<ref>[http://henadology.wordpress.com/theology/netjeru/andjety/ philosophy-theology] 17/09/2011</ref> This deity is also known by the alternative names Anezti ''or'' Anedjti.<ref>[http://www.wolframalpha.com/entities/mythology_and_mythological/andjety/a4/20/p5/ Wolfram Research provision]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} retrieved 19/09/2011</ref> Andjety is considered one of the earliest Egyptian gods, possibly with roots in [[prehistoric Egypt]].<ref>[http://www.egyptology.nl/pdf/magic/2ndprevw.pdf Sjef Wilcockx] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122204531/http://www.egyptology.nl/pdf/magic/2ndprevw.pdf |date=November 22, 2011 }} retrieved 17/09/2011 </ref>

Andjety is thought to have been a precursor of [[Osiris]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vYIeAAAAIAAJ|title=The Origins of Osiris and His Cult|last=Griffiths|first=John Gwyn|date=1980|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-9004060968|language=en}}</ref> Like [[Osiris]], he is depicted holding the [[crook and flail]] and has a crown similar to [[Osiris|Osiris's]] [[Atef]] crown. [[Pharaoh]] [[Sneferu]] of the [[Fourth Dynasty of Egypt|Fourth Dynasty]], builder of the [[Red Pyramid|first true pyramid]], is shown wearing the crown of Andjety. In the [[Pyramid Texts]]<ref>[http://www.sbl-site.org/assets/pdfs/onlinebooks/PDF/OnlineBooks/AllenPyramid.pdf translation of the pyramid texts] retrieved 18/09/2011</ref> the deceased pharaoh is identified with Andjety. In the temple of [[Seti I]], the pharaoh is shown offering incense to Osiris-Andjety who is accompanied by [[Isis]].<ref>"The Routledge dictionary of Egyptian gods and goddesses", George Hart 2nd ed, p23, Routledge, 2005, {{ISBN|0-415-36116-8}}</ref>

He also is shown to have fertility aspects, being known by the epithet "bull of [[vultures]]". His name is sometimes written with a substitution of a stylized uterus for the feather in the hieroglyphs.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt|last=Wilkinson|first=Richard|publisher=Thames and Hudson|year=2003|isbn=978-0-500-05120-7|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/completegodsgodd00wilk_0/page/97 97]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/completegodsgodd00wilk_0/page/97}}</ref>
==Writings mentioning Andjety==

* '''Coffin Text V-385''' – “I immerse the waterways as [[Osiris]], Lord of [[corruption]], as Adjety, bull of [[vultures]].”

* '''Coffin Text I-255''' – “O [[Horus]] Lord of Life, far downstream and upstream from Andjety, make inspection of those who are in [[Abusir Bana|Djedu]], come and go in [[Giza pyramid complex|Rosetau]], clear the vision of those who are in the [[duat|underworld]]. Farther upstream from [[Giza pyramid complex|Rosetau]] to [[Abydos, Egypt|Abydos]], the primeval place of the Lord of All."

* '''Coffin Text IV-331''' – “O [[Thoth]] vindicate [[Osiris]] against his foes in:--- the great tribunal which is in the two banks of the kite on the [[night]] of the drowning of the great god in Andjety."

* '''Pyramid texts 182''' – “In your name the one who is in [[Abusir Bana|Andjet]] headman of his [[Nome (Egypt)|nome]]s"

* '''Pyramid texts 220''' – “May your staff be the head of the spirits, as [[Anubis]] who presides over the Westerners, and Andjety who presides over the eastern [[Nome (Egypt)|nome]]s"

* '''Pyramid texts 614''' – “[[Horus]] has revived you in this your name of Andjety"<ref>[http://www.egyptology.nl/pdf/magic/2ndprevw.pdf all writings quoted from Sjef Willcockx] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122204531/http://www.egyptology.nl/pdf/magic/2ndprevw.pdf |date=November 22, 2011 }} retrieved 17/09/2011</ref>

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