Hotep
Egyptian word
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Hotep (ḥtp; also rendered hetep[1]) is an Egyptian word that roughly translates as "to be satisfied, at peace". The word also refers to an "offering" ritually presented to a deity or a dead person, hence "be pleased, be gracious, be at peace". It is rendered in Egyptian hieroglyphs as an altar (Gardiner sign R4). The noun ḥtp.w means "peace, contentment".[2] Davies (2018) interprets the concept of ḥtp as "the result of action in accord with maat [the proper order of the universe]".[3]
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The so-called offering formula begins with ḥtp-dj-nsw "an offering given by the king".[4]
Egyptian ḥtp became Coptic ϩⲁⲧⲡ/ϩⲟⲧⲡ hatp/hotp "be content" and ϩⲱⲧⲡ hōtp "be reconciled".[5][6]
Hotep was part of ancient Egyptian names, such as Hotepsekhemwy (ḥr ḥtp-sḫm.wj "the two powers are at peace"), the first ruler of the Second Dynasty of Egypt.[7]
In personal names
- Pharaohs
- Hotepsekhemwy (2nd dynasty)
- Mentuhotep I, Mentuhotep II, Mentuhotep III, Mentuhotep IV, Mentuhotep V and Mentuhotep VI (11th to 16th dynasties)
- Amenemhat I (throne name Sehetepibre) (12th dynasty)
- Sehetepibre (13th dynasty)
- Hotepibre (13th dynasty)
- Sobekhotep I, Sobekhotep II, Sobekhotep III, Sobekhotep IV, Merhotepre Sobekhotep V, Khahotepre Sobekhotep VI, Sobekhotep VII and Sobekhotep VIII (13th to 16th dynasties)
- Neferhotep I, Neferhotep II and Neferhotep III (13th to 16th dynasties)
- Merhotepre Ini (13th dynasty)
- Rahotep (17th dynasty)
- Amenhotep I, Amenhotep II, Amenhotep III and Amenhotep IV, later known as Akhenaten (18th dynasty)
- Other
- Neithhotep (1st dynasty queen)
- Imhotep (3rd dynasty official)
- Ptahhotep (5th dynasty official)
- Khnumhotep I (12th dynasty nomarch)
- Hedjhotep (minor deity)
- Hetepheres I, Hetepheres II (4th dynasty queens)
- Hetepheres (4th dynasty princess)
- Neferhetepes (4th dynasty princess)
- Hathorhotep (12th dynasty princess)
- Mentuhotep (queen) (16th dynasty queen)
In popular culture
- Nyarlathotep is a deity or a demon in stories by H. P. Lovecraft, and the title of a 1920 short story.
- Hotep is one of the advisors to Pharaoh in the animated epic film The Prince of Egypt (1998).
- The title of the American comedy film Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) refers to the nickname for a reanimated mummy that wears a cowboy hat
- Robin Thede used the derivative term "hertep" in A Black Lady Sketch Show.[8]
