Satet

sTt Satet For the spelling spdt (in the Late Period) see under spdt: Sopdet

Spellings:

Date:
Old Kingdom [1-2, 25]; 1st Intermediary Period [13]; Middle Kingdom [20, 26, 42, 51]; New Kingdom [1519, 21, 24, 28-29, 32, 53]; 21st-24th Dyn [5]; Saite Period [14, 23]; Late Period [3, 27]; Greco-Roman
Period [22, 30-31, 33-41, 43-50, 52]

Iconography
A. Human Forms:
a) Standing goddess with an ankh and wAs scepter [21]
b) Goddess with the white crown and gazelle horns [7, 10, 16, 52]
c) Goddess with the double crown [28]
d) Standing goddess with a star on her head [4]

B. Hippopotamus Forms:
a) Hippopotamus goddess with the double-feather crown [22, 36-38]. She holds a sA hieroglyph [38] or a
sistrum [37] in her paw.

C. Snake Forms:
a) Lion-headed snake [35]

As translated from German in the Lexikon der gyptischen Gtter und Gtterbezeichnungen by Naisenu (Carissa)

Satet
Member of group of gods
A.
a) Fourth of twelve hippopotamus goddesses (goddess of IV. Axt) in the term sTt *srtHt m nwn [22-23.
36-38]
b) 5th of 15 deities on whose words the poison flows out of in a spell [3]
c) sTt *nbt Abw is the 14th in a list of probably 15 gods
d) One of about 40 deities in the last section of the Book of the Day [4]
e) Together with anqt, the 2nd of 51 goddesses praising Amun-Ra [6]
f) Goddess of the day of III. prt 14; variant of the Mistress of the beams/rays (nbt stwt) [35]

B.
a) In a long list of gods in the term sTt *Hryt ib Abw [32]
Predecessor: inpw *imy wt [12]
psDt *xntyt Hrt [22-23, 36-38]
mwt *nbt iSrw [6]
mwt *Hnwt nTrw [6]
msxnt [4]
nbt Hrst [35]
Xnmw [32]
tkA n ra Hr Axty [3]
Successor:
anqt *xntyt tA sty [32]
wnwt [3]
nbt Hpt [35]
nbt DnH Hr iHy.s [22, 36-38]
nxbt [6]
Xnmw *nTr aA [12]
destroyed [23]
anonymous [4]

Functions
A. Identification of Goddesses:
a) Title of Aset [41, 45-48]

B. In Ritual Scenes:
1. In Relation to the King:
a) The king is born (wtT) of Sopdet, raised (rr) on the lap of Satet in a ritual scene (water offering: qbHw)
[34]
b) The king is raised (papa) by her in a ritual scene (incense and water offering: snTr qbHw) [49-50]
c) The king is born (ms) of her in a ritual scene (jug: Xnm) [39]
d) The king is the son (sA) of Sopdet, come forth (pr) from Satet in a ritual scene (water offering: qbHw)
[30]
e) The king is the son (sA) of Satet, come forth (pr) from Sopdet in a ritual scene (jug: nmst) [31]

As translated from German in the Lexikon der gyptischen Gtter und Gtterbezeichnungen by Naisenu (Carissa)

Satet
2. Other:
a) The king receives his health (snb) in a ritual scene (wnSb symbol: wnSb) [33]

C. In Connection with the King:

a) The king is loved by her [42]
b) The king is the son of Khnum, born (ms) of Anuket, the Mistress of Nubia (nbt tA sty), and raised (rnn)
by Satet, the Mistress of Elephantine (nbt Abw) [19]

D. In Connection with the Deceased:

a) Title of the deceased, whose names/titles are continued with, she who seizes the two lands (iTt
tAwy), and the burning one who receives her two banks/shores (rkHt Sspt idbwy.sy) [1]
b) She purifies the deceased with her four pitchers from Elephantine [2]
c) The deceased is in Elephantine, in the House (pr) of Satet [5]
d) She protects the deceased [14]

E. In a List of Body Parts:

a) The loins of the back (dpty nt At) of the patient are Satet and Anuket (in a list of body parts) [53]
b) The forehead (dhnt) of the patient is Satet [18]

F. In Titles:
a) An imy rA Hmw nTr of Satet [26]
b) A Hm nTr priest [27]

G. Other:
a) She repels the enemies who come from the south, as Mistress of Elephantine (nbt Abw), by shooting
(sT) her arrows (Ssrw) at them [20]
b) In a list of 50 deities of the Mammisi who are names the gods in their months (nTrw m Abdw.sn) and
the splendid distinguished ladies in their years (Spswt mnxwt m rnpwt) [36]
c) In the statement of Aset Dd.tw sTt m rn.s: she is called Satet with her name [44]
d) In an unclear connection with Wesir [48]

Literature and Citations:

See pages 701 of Band 6

As translated from German in the Lexikon der gyptischen Gtter und Gtterbezeichnungen by Naisenu (Carissa)