engbren Wrote:
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> Looking at the Lord of Sakhebu, another
> possibility arises with Khnemu. Speaking of Khnemu
> in “Gods of the Egyptians Vol 2” on pp 50,
> 55&56, Budge says:
>
> “Khnemu was originally a water or river-god, and
> that in very early times he was regarded as the
> god of the Nile and of the
> annual Nile-flood, and as such he bore the name of
> QEBH” This could be related to the last part of
> the word Sakhebu.
>
> Khnemu also has an astronomical meaning
> ““Astronomically the name refers to the
> “conjunction” of the sun and moon at stated
> seasons of the year”. Curiously, this seems also
> describe the conjunction of the eyes of Horus (ie
> the Sun and the Moon) that Khenty-Irty and
> Khenty-Khem describe, the gods worshipped in
> Sachebu / Letopolis.
>
> Finally “Sati or Satet was the principal female
> counterpart of Khnemu, and was worshipped with him
> at Elephantine, where she was a sister goddess of
> Anqet. Meaning she is a form of Ast-SEPT or
> ISIS-SOTHIS. The centre of worship of Sati appears
> to have been the island of Sahal“

According to Wikipedia [en.wikipedia.org] Khufu’s full name was Khnum Khufu, which broadly translates as “Khnum protects me”. Khnum of Wiki and Knemu of Budge are the same deity. This makes me wonder if we should be connecting the QEBH form of Khnum to Lord of Sakhbu to the conjunction of the sun and the moon. Ie we are looking for a new moon on the 15th day of Peret. Back to Stellarium to investigate.