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Protective
Sopdu
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How it changed
The guardian of Egypt's eastern edge, the desert border and the roads and mines of the Sinai, and so a god with one face turned outward at the lands beyond. He was shown both as a home-grown falcon and as a foreign warrior, which suits a god whose whole job was the line between Egypt and everywhere else.
Cult centre
Saft el-Henna, in the eastern Delta
Best attested
Old Kingdom onward
Family
- ParentsSopdet and Sah, in one tradition
Son of Sopdet and Sah in one tradition.
Epithets
- “Lord of the east”
- “Smiter of the Asiatics”
How to recognise the figure
A falcon, or an Asiatic warrior with a pointed beard and a crown of tall plumes, carrying weapons.
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