ID: 901001635 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001635	Record Type: Character/Person

	Khepri (Egyptian diety)

Note: Ancient Egyptian creator diety associated with the cycle of the sun, representing the sun at dawn. He is depicted as a scarab or a man with the head of a scarab. As the scarab rolls balls of dung across the ground, Khepri represents forces that move the sun across the sky.

Names:

	Khepri (Egyptian diety) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Kheper (Egyptian diety) (English,U,N)
	Kheperé (Egyptian diety) (undetermined,U,N)
	Khepera (Egyptian diety) (undetermined,U,N)
	Khepra (Egyptian diety) (undetermined,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Egyptian iconography> (P)
		........<Egyptian characters> (P)
		............Khepri (Egyptian diety) (I)

Other Relationships:

	takes the form of .... scarab beetle (species)
	.....(Scarabaeus (genus), Scarabaeidae (family), Coleoptera (order), Insecta (class), Hexapoda (subphylum), Arthropoda (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	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)

	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:

	Khepri (Egyptian diety)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh2006004212
	................Bunson, Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (2002) 201
	Kheper (Egyptian diety)
	................Bunson, Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (2002) 201
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Sun whorship," accessed 31 October 2016
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Kheperé (Egyptian diety)
	................Bunson, Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (2002) 201
	Khepera (Egyptian diety)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Khepra (Egyptian diety)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Sun whorship," accessed 31 October 2016
	................ Bunson, Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (2002) 201
	................ Walters Art Museum, Baltimore [online] (2000-) http://scarabs.thewalters.org/src_pages/001_3godbehindbeetle.aspx
	................ Source for image http://scarabs.thewalters.org/src_pages/001_3_N_nefertari.jpg