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{{short description|Ancient Egyptian deity}}
{{Infobox deity
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| name = Heryshaf
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| caption = Heryshaf
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| cult_center = [[Heracleopolis Magna]]
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| Greek_equivalent = [[Heracles]]<br>[[Dionysos]]
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In [[Egyptian mythology]], '''Heryshaf''', or '''Hershef''', ({{lang-egy|[[wikt:ḥrj#Egyptian|ḥrj]] [[wikt:š#Egyptian|š]] [[wikt:f#Egyptian|f]]}} "He who is on His Lake"),<ref name=forty>Forty, Jo. ''Mythology: A Visual Encyclopedia'', Sterling Publishing Co., 2001, p. 84.</ref> transcribed in [[Greek language|Greek]] as '''Harsaphes''' ({{lang-grc-koi|Ἁρσαφής}}) was an ancient [[sheep|ram]] deity whose cult was centered in ancient [[Heracleopolis Magna]]. He was identified with [[Ra]] and [[Osiris]] in [[ancient Egyptian religion]],<ref name=forty/> as well as [[Dionysus]]<ref>[[Antoninus Liberalis]], Metamorphoses 28 (trans. Celoria) (Greek mythographer 2nd century AD)</ref> or [[Heracles]] in the [[interpretatio graeca]]. The identification with Heracles may be related to the fact that in later times his name was sometimes reanalysed as ''ḥrj-šf.t'' "He who is over strength". One of his titles was "Ruler of the Riverbanks". Heryshaf was a creator and fertility god who was born from the [[primordial waters]]. He was pictured as a man with the head of a ram, or as a ram.▼
▲In [[Egyptian mythology]], '''Heryshaf''', or '''Hershef'''
==Temple at Heracleopolis Magna==
The site goes back to the [[Early Dynastic Period (Egypt)|Early Dynastic Period]] or the [[Old Kingdom of Egypt]]. The precise founding date of Herakleopolis is not known, but an entry on the Palermo Stone reporting king Den's visit to the [[sacred lake]] of Heryshef at Nenj-neswt, suggests that the town had already been founded by the 1st Dynasty. The site was called ''nn-nswt'' in [[Demotic (Egyptian)|Demotic]] which was pronounced ''ǝhnes'' in [[Coptic language|Coptic]], Heracleopolis (Magna) during the [[Hellenistic period]] and the [[Roman Empire]] and Ihnasiyya in [[Egyptian Arabic]].<ref>Reviewed Work: Ihnasya el-Medina (Herakleopolis Magna): Its Importance and Its Role in Pharaonic History by Mohamed Gamal el-Din Mokhtar, Review by: Hans Goedicke, ''Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt'', Vol. 20 (1983), p. 119
No remains of the Old Kingdom temple survive. [[Flinders Petrie]] found remains of a temple at the site dating to the [[Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt|Twelfth Dynasty]]. The Twelfth Dynasty temple was rebuilt during the [[Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt|Eighteenth Dynasty]] and later refurbished during the [[Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt|Nineteenth Dynasty]].<ref>Koichiro Wada, "Provincial Society and Cemetery Organization in the New Kingdom", ''Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur'', Bd. 36 (2007), pp. 347–389</ref> During the reign of [[Ramesses II]], a [[pronaos]] was added to the temple. The sixteen palm columns used were taken from existing temples, possibly those of [[Djedkare Isesi]] or [[Sahure]]. Yasuoka speculates that Ramesses II's fourth son, Prince [[Khaemweset]], may have been the official who directed this project.<ref>
==High Priests of Heryshaf==
Many of these names are known from the [[Stela of Pasenhor]].
* [[Nimlot C]], son of pharaoh Osorkon II and his queen Djedmutesankh, [[Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt]]
* Ptahudjankhef, son of Nimlot C and Tentsepeh C
* Hemptah A, son of Ptahudjankhef and Tentsepeh D
* Pasenhor A, son of Hemptah A and Tjankemit
* Hemptah B, son of Pasenhor A and Petpetdidies
[[Coffin of Nedjemankh|Nedjemankh]], whose coffin was looted from Egypt in 2011 and sold to the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] before being returned to Egypt in 2019,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/egypt-gold-coffin-of-nedjemankh-trnd/index.html|title=Stolen gold coffin displayed at the Met returned to Egypt|website=[[CNN]]|date=27 September 2019 }}</ref> is also believed to have been a priest of Heryshaf.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2018/nedjemankh-gilded-coffin|title=Nedjemankh and His Gilded Coffin|website=[[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]}}</ref>
==References==
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* {{cite book|last=Hart|first=George|title=The Routledge dictionary of Egyptian gods and goddesses|publisher=Routledge|location=London, New York|year=2005|edition=2nd|pages=68–69|chapter=Heryshaf|isbn=978-0-415-36116-3|oclc=57281093|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GG3qfiUY3xQC&
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