Hetep

With models replicating his earthly domain, the governor was ready for eternity in paradise, the Fields of Hetep.

Exhibitions: Egypt's Model Afterlife 2010

Hetep was the first king of the 2nd Dynasty, and Khasekhemwy was the last.

c. The Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period (1st-11th Dynasties) 2001

Hetep, or the Elysian Fields, are exceedingly old, and are found on sarcophagi of the XIth and XIIth dynasties; but the earliest picture known of the Judgment Scene is not older than the XVIIIth dynasty.

Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life 1895

Then Khensu, in Thebes, [called] "Nefer-Hetep", was carried to Khensu, [called] "Pa - ari-sekher," the great god who driveth away the spirits which attack.

Legends of the Gods The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations 1895

I have passed the judgment which Shu passeth upon him that knoweth him, therefore let me go forth to the cities of [Hetep], and let me sail about among its lakes, and let me walk about in Sekhet-Hetep.

Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life 1895

And when they had arrived in peace in Thebes, Khensu, [called] "Pa-ari - sekher-em-Uast," went into the Temple of Khensu in Thebes, [called] "Nefer-Hetep," and he placed the offerings which the Prince of Bekhten had given unto him, beautiful things of all kinds, before Khensu in

Legends of the Gods The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations 1895

Thebes, [called] "Nefer-Hetep," and he gave nothing thereof whatsoever to his [own] temple.

Legends of the Gods The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations 1895

And Khensu in Thebes, [called] "Nefer-Hetep," inclined his head with a deep inclination twice.

Legends of the Gods The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations 1895

Hetep-hemt, leaving her child carefully concealed in Sekhet-An.

Legends of the Gods The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations 1895

Horus was bitten (i.e., stung) in Sekhet-An, to the north of Hetep - hemt, whilst his mother Isis was in the celestial houses making a libation for her brother Osiris.

Legends of the Gods The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations 1895