Meaning of Seth name | Babel Free

Definitions

a serekh name that features the figure of the god Set atop the serekh

historical

Examples

“So far as could be checked, only one king took a separate⟳ Seth name⟳ besides his Horus name⟳. […] The Horus name⟳ of this king was Sekhemib and his Seth name⟳ was Peribsen.”

“After the original union, a period of scission followed under the second dynasty when pharaoh Sekhem returned to the worship⟳ of Seth and changed his Horus name⟳ to the Seth name⟳, Peribsen.”

“The intriguing feature of the writing of Peribsen’s name⟳ here is that, on the serekh, the Horus falcon has been replaced by the animal of Seth, the enemy of Osiris; some have⟳ suggested that an otherwise little-known Second Dynasty king with the Horus name⟳ of Sekhemib could have⟳ later adopted the Seth name⟳ Peribsen.”

“Seth name⟳: stẖ pr(w) ib.sn (per(u) ib.sen), Seth, (for whom ?) their will has come⟳ forth”

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