Andjety

{{Short description|Ancient Egyptian deity}}

{{Infobox deity

| type = Egyptian

| name = Andjety

| image = Andjety.svg

| cult_center = Andjet

| consort = Anit

| hiero = a:n-D:t-ti-i or a:n-D:t*y-N24-A40 or File:Nome 9 of Lower-Egypt.png

}}

{{Ancient Egyptian religion}}Andjety (meaning "He of Andjet") is a local ancient Egyptian deity of the ninth nome, centered at Andjet, which was known as Busiris to the Greeks.[http://henadology.wordpress.com/theology/netjeru/andjety/ philosophy-theology] 17/09/2011 This deity is also known by the alternative names Anezti or Anedjti.[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 Andjety is considered one of the earliest Egyptian gods, possibly with roots in prehistoric Egypt.[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

Andjety is thought to have been a precursor of Osiris.{{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}} Like Osiris, he is depicted holding the crook and flail and has a crown similar to Osiris's Atef crown. Pharaoh Sneferu of the Fourth Dynasty, builder of the first true pyramid, is shown wearing the crown of Andjety. In the Pyramid Texts[http://www.sbl-site.org/assets/pdfs/onlinebooks/PDF/OnlineBooks/AllenPyramid.pdf translation of the pyramid texts] retrieved 18/09/2011 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."The Routledge dictionary of Egyptian gods and goddesses", George Hart 2nd ed, p23, Routledge, 2005, {{ISBN|0-415-36116-8}}

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.{{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}}