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	Lower: Andjety
	Lower: Northern Shield
	Lower: Prince of the North
	Lower: Prince of the South
	Lower: The Prospering Sceptre
	Lower: The West.
	Lower: White Wall
	The Upper Sycamore and Viper
	Upper: Great Land
	Upper: Lower Laurel
	Upper: Ta Khentit
	Upper: The Hare
	Upper: The Sceptre
	Upper: The Shrine
	Upper: Throne of Horus

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Lower: Andjety

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Andjety (meaning "He of Andjet" i.e. the town of Djedu) was the precursor of Wesir at the cult-center of Djedu. Andjety is depicted holding two scepters in the form of a crook and flail, insignia of Wesir's symbols of dominion. He wears a high conical-crown flanked by two high plumes similar to the atef-crown worn by Wesir.

4th Dynasty King Sneferu the builder of the first true pyramid tomb is carved wearing this crown of Andjety.The close relationship of the god to the monarch is is also evident from the earliest references in the Pyramid Texts, where the king's power as a universal ruler is enhanced by his being equated to Andjety 'presiding over the eastern districts'.

Andjety is responsible for rebirth in the Afterlife, his epithet, 'bull of vultures', found in the Middle Kingdom Coffin Texts, emphasizes his role as a procreative consort of major goddesses like Meskhenet (Mesenet), an ancient goddess of birth. In such associations, Andjety is sometimes depicted as having the bovine uterus above his head, since it was a depiction given to Meskhenet to symbolise her association with birth.

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