Spdt

E328734

Spdt is the ancient Egyptian name for the star Sirius, revered as a goddess associated with the Nile’s inundation and the heliacal rising that marked the Egyptian New Year.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Spdt canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian deity ⓘ
star ⓘ
appearsIn Coffin Texts ⓘ
Pyramid Texts ⓘ
temple inscriptions ⓘ
associatedWith Egyptian New Year ⓘ
linked to: Nayrouz

Nile inundation ⓘ
heliacal rising ⓘ
associatedWithConcept agricultural prosperity ⓘ
cosmic order ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Horus ⓘ
Isis ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ
classifiedAs brightest star in the night sky ⓘ
correspondsToStar Sirius ⓘ
equivalentInModernAstronomy Sirius A ⓘ
linked to: Sirius
hasCultAspect astral goddess ⓘ
calendar deity ⓘ
hasCultCenter Memphis ⓘ
Thebes ⓘ
hasGender female ⓘ
hasHeliacalRisingAround mid-July (in ancient Egyptian context) ⓘ
hasNameInGreek Sothis ⓘ
hasSymbol five-pointed star ⓘ
star determinative in hieroglyphs ⓘ
honoredDuring New Year festivals ⓘ
inundation rites ⓘ
languageOfName ancient Egyptian ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Canis Major ⓘ
marksEvent beginning of the Egyptian year ⓘ
start of the inundation season ⓘ
observedBy Egyptian priests ⓘ
playsRoleIn Egyptian calendar ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
reveredAs goddess ⓘ
roleInMythology bringer of fertility ⓘ
herald of the inundation ⓘ
symbolizes flood ⓘ
rebirth ⓘ
renewal ⓘ
usedFor prediction of Nile flood ⓘ
regulation of agricultural cycle ⓘ
timekeeping ⓘ
visibleFrom Egypt ⓘ
worshippedIn ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
worshipType astral cult ⓘ
writtenInScript Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sothis → alsoKnownAs → Spdt ⓘ
Sopdet → hasEgyptianName → Spdt ⓘ