By Jacqueline Engel
Limestone.
Asyut?
New Kingdom. 19-20 Dyn.1292-1077BC
The Louvre Museum Paris
In late Egyptian mythology, Wepwawet(hieroglyphic wp-w3w.t; also rendered Upuaut, Wep-wawet, Wepawet, and Ophois) was originally a war deity, whose cult centre was Asyut in Upper Egypt (Lycopolis in the Greco-Roman period).
His name means opener of the ways and he is often depicted as a wolf standing at the prow of a solar-boat.
Some interpret that Wepwawet was seen as a scout, going out to clear routes for the army to proceed forward.
One inscription from the Sinaistates say that Wepwawet “opens the way” to king Sekhemkhet’s victory.
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