ID: 901002154 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002154	Record Type: Character/Person

	Ptah (Egyptian deity)

Note: In Egyptian religion, creator-god and maker of things, a patron of craftsmen, especially sculptors.

Names:

	Ptah (Egyptian deity) (preferred,English-P,D)
	Phthah (Egyptian deity) (English,U)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Egyptian iconography> (P)
		........<Egyptian characters> (P)
		............Ptah (Egyptian deity) (I)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Hephaestus
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Hephaestus (Greek deity)) [901001936]

	consort/spouse of .... Sekhmet
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Egyptian iconography, Egyptian characters, Sekhmet (Egyptian deity)) [901002155]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... creator god
	.....(deities, people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Ptah (Egyptian deity)
	................Johnston, Religions of the Ancient World (2004) 417
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 92006818
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 3 July 2019
	Phthah (Egyptian deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 92006818
	................ Johnston, Religions of the Ancient World (2004) 417