cult of Ptah

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ancient Egyptian religious cult religious tradition

The cult of Ptah was an ancient Egyptian religious tradition centered on the creator god Ptah, especially prominent in the city of Memphis and its surrounding necropolis.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Ptah cult at Memphis 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian religious cult ⓘ
religious tradition ⓘ
associatedWithCity Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithConcept craftsmanship ⓘ
creation ⓘ
memphite kingship ⓘ
royal legitimacy ⓘ
associatedWithProfession architects ⓘ
artisans ⓘ
builders ⓘ
craftsmen ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Memphite necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
centeredOnDeity Ptah NERFINISHED ⓘ
country ancient Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
cultCenter Abusir NERFINISHED ⓘ
Giza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saqqara NERFINISHED ⓘ
floruit Old Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicFocus Lower Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Memphis region NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadPriesthood high priest of Ptah ⓘ
iconographicFocus Ptah standing in a shrine ⓘ
mummiform image of Ptah ⓘ
importantText Memphite Theology NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Egyptian theological speculation on creation ⓘ
Memphite royal ideology ⓘ
languageOfCult Egyptian ⓘ
linkedDeity Nefertem NERFINISHED ⓘ
Osiris NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ptah-Sokar-Osiris NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sekhmet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sokar NERFINISHED ⓘ
linkedInstitution necropolis administration at Saqqara ⓘ
royal workshops at Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorTemple Temple of Ptah at Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ
priestlyTitle great chief of the artisans ⓘ
ritualActivity daily temple ritual ⓘ
offering rituals in the Memphite necropolis ⓘ
processions in Memphis ⓘ
theologicalConcept creation by thought and word ⓘ
timePeriod Late Period of ancient Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middle Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
worshippedDeityAs craftsman god ⓘ
creator god ⓘ
patron of artisans ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Memphis necropolis → religiousAssociation → cult of Ptah ⓘ
Lord of Memphis → linkedToCult → cult of Ptah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ptah cult at Memphis