Irer
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Ancient Egyptian deity
| Irer | |
|---|---|
| Irer was depicted as a man with the hieroglyph for eye above his head | |
| Name in hieroglyphs | D4 A40 |
Irer was an ancient Egyptian god who, along with Sedjem, join Hu and Sia as creative powers of the gods.[1] Irer, which translates as "sight,"[2] first appears as a scribe, alongside Sedjem, for Thoth and Seshat in the temples of Seti I and Ramesses II at Abydos.[1]
References
[edit ]- 1 2 Hornung, Erik (1982). Conceptions of God in ancient Egypt : the one and the many. Internet Archive. Ithaca : Cornell University Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-8014-1223-3.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ↑ Hannig, Rainer (1995). Grosses Handwörterbuch Ägyptisch-Deutsch (2800-950 v. Chr.): die Sprache der Pharaonen. Kulturgeschichte der antiken Welt (in German). Mainz: P. von Zabern. p. 1191. ISBN 978-3-8053-1771-9.
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