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9-706: In antiquity, Busiris was the chief town of the Ati nome in Egypt . It stood east of Sais , near the Phatnitic mouth on the western bank of the Damietta Branch of the Nile . The city's pharaonic name was Djedu . The modern name is a compound, where the name of the nearby town Bana ( Arabic : بنا , Coptic : ⲡⲁⲛⲁⲩ , lit.   'one of the donkey, ass') was added to differentiate it from other settlements of

18-533: A crown similar to Osiris's Atef crown. Pharaoh Sneferu of the Fourth Dynasty , builder of the first true pyramid , is shown wearing the crown of Andjety. In the Pyramid Texts the deceased pharaoh is identified with Andjety. In the temple of Seti I , the pharaoh is shown offering incense to Osiris-Andjety who is accompanied by Isis . He also is shown to have fertility aspects, being known by

27-472: Is a local ancient Egyptian deity of the ninth nome, centered at Andjet, which was known as Busiris to the Greeks. This deity is also known by the alternative names Anezti or Anedjti. Andjety is considered one of the earliest Egyptian gods, possibly with roots in prehistoric Egypt . Andjety is thought to have been a precursor of Osiris . Like Osiris, he is depicted holding the crook and flail and has

36-525: The Egyptian calendar . Considerable ruins are still extant. The temple of Isis, indeed, with the hamlet which sprang up around it, stood probably at a short distance without the walls of Busiris itself, for Pliny (v. 10. s. 11) mentions Isidis oppidum in the neighbourhood of the town. The ruins of the temple are still visible, a little to the north of Abusir, at the hamlet of Bahheyt . (Pococke, Travels , vol. i. p. 34; Minutoli, p. 304.) It

45-583: The epithet of "bull of vultures". His name is sometimes written with a substitution of a stylized uterus for the feather in the hieroglyphs. [Coffin Text (CT) V-385].... I immerse the waterways as Osiris, Lord of corruption, as Adjety, bull of vultures. [CT I-255]............... "Oh Horus Lord of Life, fare downstream and upstream from Andjety, make inspection of those who are in Djedu, come and go in Rosetau, clear

54-682: The latter of whom took part in the Second Council of Ephesus in 449. In later centuries, from the 8th onward, the name of several of its non-Chalcedonian bishops are also known. No longer a residential bishopric, Busiris is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see of the lowest (episcopal) rank. The nominally revived diocese had the following near-consecutive incumbents: Andjety B C D F G H I K M N P Q R S T U W Andjety (meaning "He of Andjet")

63-538: The same name spread around Egypt. The town and nome of Busiris were allotted to the Hermotybian division of the Egyptian militia. It was regarded as one of the birthplaces of the god of the underworld Osiris , who was commonly given the epithet lord of Djedu (nb ḏdw) and its name maybe etymologically linked. The festival of Isis at Busiris came next in splendor and importance to that of Bastet at Bubastis in

72-610: The vision of those who are in the underworld. Farer upstream from Rosetau to Abydos, the primeval place of the Lord of All. [CT IV-331] ..............O Thoth vindicate Osiris against his foes in:--- the great tribunal which is in the two banks of the kite on the night of the drowning of the great god in Adjety. [Pyramid texts (PT) 182] ..."In your name the one who is in Andjet headman of his nomes" [PT 220] ..................May your staff be

81-533: Was in the Roman province of Aegyptus secundus . After the Arab conquest of Egypt the city was known as Busir Samannud ( Arabic : بوصير سمنود ) and it was the seat of a bishopric. The local Copts believed that it was named after one of the sorcerers of Pharaoh, whose name was Busir. Later, Busiris became a Christian bishopric. Extant documents provide the name of two of its early bishops: Hermaeon and Athanasius,

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