KEMET

- The Min-Neter Connection -

The first question I must answer is: Was Kemet (alternately “Kamet”) originally spelt with one "m" or 2? Because it has been written:

As well as:

If it only used one “m” in its original form, then in the first example, what we have is “Kam” (as a triliteral) denoting “black”. While in example 2, we have the I6 hieroglyph being used as a biliteral with a phonetic value of “ka” + the owl (G17) as “m” being used in conjunction to produce “black”. The owl, it appears, is serving double duty as a phonetic complement and determinative.

We know that Ka was a significant word in the Egyptian language, meaning a person’s vital force as a physical manifestation, as well as providing a phonetic transcription for the word “bull” (the animal). No one thus far has identified the I6 hieroglyph to the complete satisfaction of Egyptologists. I myself can’t see anything about it that brings a crocodile to mind. (I have an idea of what it could be)! But I can definitely see this symbol being equated with a certain part of an animal known only to a special class of individuals: Initiates.

Ka, as a bull, is written without the determinative as:

According to PT 1587c the above is also a symbol for Min: "Thou (Atum/Min) are high , in this thy name 'Ka'".

Used as a phonetic complement, the owl indicates that the preceding glyph should be pronounced as “M”. We are here presented with five aspects that find a common denominator in the god Min! M(in); the black [-faced] god; with the erect phallus; whose arm is raised; and who is known as the Bull of his mother, and Bull of the great phallus [PT (Utterance 539): "My phallus is Apis (the bull of Ptah), I will ascend and rise up to the sky.". Let us commence, then, for the Black Initiate only.

Beginning with Menes/Narmer, the uniter of the Two Lands, we find the first depiction of the king in the form of a bull.

Now, for a word about the name Min. An understanding of which will demonstrate the keen ability possessed of the fore-mentioned “class” in utilizing abstract concepts. The name is represented by the gameboard (Y5):

because the two words, Snt and Mn, both convey the idea of “enduring” or “remaining” (and in the case of Min, we may conceive the carnal stamina necessary to maintain tumescence; as well as the idea of preserving, since the word senet also pertains to the linen wrappings used in mummification, a most valuable commodity produced by the goddess Neith!). However, there is yet another reason for this particular correlation: Y5 can also be translated as “Son of Neith” (Sꜥ.nt)! While Aha can be the title applied to the High Priest of the Southern Shield!

Hor-Aha, who included Min in his Nebty Name, is speculated to be the son of Menes and Neithhotep. If not her son, then definitely a devotee of the goddess Neith. Hor-Aha is the only king of Egypt to have the image of a shield in his titulary.

How does this fact further connect him to Neith? The following illustration will make it obvious. I have highlighted and otherwise indicated the five Nomes of major interest here. I remind you that Hor-Aha has also given his name to a specific area in Cairo, adjacent to the 13th Nome. And, as you can see, it's also about the breeding & domestication of cattle. Below is a scene of Hor-Aha enroute to the fortress called "Horus Thrives With The Cattle".

A speicial thanks to Narmer.Info for publishing such an outstanding map of Lower Egypt.

Hor-Aha To "Horus Thrives With The Cattle"

There's a last alternative to interpreting the word Kemet, which certainly correlates with the definition of the Biblical Ham. But in order to illustrate this model, I must first demonstrate the ability of the ancient Egyptians to articulate complex, abstract thought through multivalent symbolism. I will use Senenmut's Cryptogram as an example.