Ptah

Memphite craft-creator. Husband of Sekhmet, father of Nefertem. Father (in late tradition) of the deified Imhotep by the mortal Kheredu-ankh.

Children

• Imhotep
• Nefertem

Domains

• craftsmanship
• creation

Powers

• craft mastery
• architectural design
• creative speech act
• Patron of the Opening of the Mouth rite
• Create beings by heart-conception and tongue-command
• Create by conceiving and commanding

Epithets

• nfr-ḥr
• ptḥ rsy-jnb.f
• nb mꜣꜥt

Relations

• equated with: Hephaestus
• equated with: Kothar-wa-Hasis
• interpretatio: Hephaestus
• lover: Kheredu-ankh

Sources

• Memphite Theology (Shabaka Stone, BM EA 498)
• Pyramid Texts §§600-602
• Famine Stela, Sehel Island
• Wildung, Imhotep und Amenhotep (1977)