Amenhotep

deity Egyptian single tradition · 3

Amenhotep, son of Hapu, was assimilated to Thoth during the Late Period. Amenhotep son of Hapu's mother was also deified though his sister/wife was not.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
1500 BCE
Attested period
-1500 – 2020
Historical notes
Attested in ancient Egypt.

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Sources

Source passages

“As Imhotep, along with Amenhotep, son of Hapu, was assimilated to Thoth during the Late Period, his mother was also given divine status along with Renpetneferet, who was either Imhotep's sister or wife.”

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“The renowned scribe Amenhotep and a wise man named Teôs were coequal deities of wisdom, science, and medicine; and, thus, they were placed alongside Imhotep in shrines dedicated to Thoth–Hermes during the Ptolemaic Kingdom.”

#24146 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Imhotep und Amenhotep: Gottwerdung im alten Ägypten [Imhotep and Amenhotep: Deification in ancient Egypt]”

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