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ID: 901002542
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002542
Record Type: Character/Person

Hatmehyt (Egyptian deity)

Note: Goddess of the flood or of fish, particularly associated with the ancient city Djedet in the Nile Delta.

Names:
Hatmehyt (Egyptian deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Hatmehit (Egyptian deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Egyptian iconography> (P)
........<Egyptian characters> (P)
............Hatmehyt (Egyptian deity) (I)
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)
culture/religion is .... Ancient Egyptian (culture)
.....(Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
affiliated/associated with .... flood (natural event)
.....(natural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
affiliated/associated with .... fish (animals)
.....(Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
located in .... Djedet
..... ULAN Candidate

Sources:
Hatmehyt (Egyptian deity)
................Riggs, Oxford Handbook of Roman Egypt (2012) 34
Hatmehit (Egyptian deity)
................BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................ BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
................ Riggs, Oxford Handbook of Roman Egypt (2012) 34 ff

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