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. 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:

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”. However, there is yet another reason for this particular correlation: Y5 can also be translated as “Son of Neith” (Sꜥ.nt)! Aha also being the title of 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"