God Ptah |
Memphis, the cult substance of Ptah, was visited Hiku-Ptah, or Hat-Ka-Ptah, the house of the soul of Ptah. Statues and reliefs depicting the god shown him as a man with very light skin, sometimes green, mummy wrappers, and an super collar with the menat. Most characterizations of Ptah were contrived as pillars, emblems of justice. Called the First of the Gods, Ptah was a patron of the great architectural monuments of the Old Kingdom (2575-2134 B.C.E.).
As Tatenen he was revered as the creative recommend, both for the world and for the several works of art. Likewise called Hetepi and Khnemi, Ptah was associated with the chaos that went before the second of creation, and was then visited Ptah-Nun. When linked with the Nile, the god was worshipped as Ptah-Hapi; with the earth as Ptah-Tenen; and with the solar disk, addressed Ptah-Aten. The deity was likewise reputable in the great complexes of Amun in Thebes.