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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
.....(Ad Daqahlīyah, Egypt, Africa) (TGN)

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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