Anput

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Anput is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with funerary rites and protection, often depicted as a female counterpart to the jackal-headed god Anubis.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Anput canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian goddess ⓘ
appearsIn funerary texts ⓘ
tomb inscriptions ⓘ
associatedWith funerary rites ⓘ
mummification ⓘ
necropolis ⓘ
protection ⓘ
the dead ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
culture ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
depictedAs woman with a headdress bearing a jackal or jackal standard ⓘ
woman with a jackal head ⓘ
domain cemeteries ⓘ
funerary protection ⓘ
tombs ⓘ
function protector of burial places ⓘ
protector of the body of the deceased ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasNameInHieroglyphs jnpwt ⓘ
hasOffspring Kebechet ⓘ
hasSpouse Anubis ⓘ
isConsortOf Anubis ⓘ
isFemaleCounterpartOf Anubis ⓘ
isMotherOf Kebechet ⓘ
nameVariant Anupet ⓘ
Inpwt ⓘ
linked to: Inpw
relatedTo Anubis cult ⓘ
jackal deities ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
role guardian of the dead ⓘ
protective deity ⓘ
symbol canopic chest ⓘ
funerary bier ⓘ
jackal ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
worshipPlace Asyut region ⓘ
linked to: Asyut Governorate

Cynopolis ⓘ
Lycopolis ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Inpw → spouseOrConsort → Anput ⓘ
Anpu → consort → Anput ⓘ
Kebechet → parent → Anput ⓘ