古埃及 Terracotta 大型模具铸成的尼费特姆女神护符。直径7.5厘米。晚期时期，公元前664–33年。

Terracotta Mould for making Nefertem God, amulets in faience

- 非常大 -

- you see the seal of the amulet in white modlling paste in the images - 你可以在图片中看到以白色模塑膏制成的护身符封印

Ancient Egypt, Late Period, 664 - 332 BC.

Terracotta

7,5 cm height

Provenance: Private collection, Pairs, France, 1970 - 1980.

Condition: Very good, intact. see photos.

The god of the lotus flower, according to one text born as a plant to the field goddess in the eastern land. 莲花之神在某段文献中被记载为在东方之地的田地女神面前以植物的形态诞生。
The lotus, whose flower shuts at night and opens again in the morning, the flowers of some types even disappearing under water at night, was a symbol of regeneration and the rising sun for the Egyptians. 莲花夜间合拢，晨间再度绽放；有些类型的花在夜晚甚至在水下消失，对埃及人而言是再生与旭日的象征。
The god was even called 'the great lotus flower who emerges from Nun', thus drawing a parallel with the creator and sun god who also rose out of the primeval waters. 这位神甚至被称为“从努恩之水中升起的伟大莲花”，与从原初水界升起的创造者与太阳神并列。
According to a different myth, the primeval god emerged from a lotus flower. Thus Nefertem was linked with the sun god. 另一种神话中，原始之神亦从莲花中显现。因此涅费特姆与太阳神相关。
The Pyramid Texts relate that Nefertem once ruled alongside Re, the former over humans and the latter over the gods. 金字塔铭文记载涅费特姆曾与太阳神雷同治天下，前者治理人类，后者治理诸神。
In later periods Nefertem still bore the title 'he who protects the Two Lands'. 后来时期涅费特姆仍被称为“守护两邦之人”。
His militant characteristics as the god of light who drives away darkness and the enemies possibly contributed to his association with a lion. 作为光明之神、驱散黑暗与敌人的军事性格，可能促成了他与狮子的联系。
In the Memphite triad, Nefertem appears as the son of the lion goddess Sakhmet and Ptah. 在孟菲斯三神中，涅费特姆被描绘为狮子女神塞赫迈特与培塔之子。
In other areas he is considered to be the son of Wadjet or of Bastet, probably because these goddesses too, just like Sakhmet, were regarded as lionesses. 在其他地区，他被视为沃杰特或巴斯特之子，可能是因为这些女神也像塞赫迈特一样被视为母狮。
Nefertem is depicted as a man with a lotus flower on his head, on top of which two feathers can often be seen, and sometimes with a lotus as a sceptre in his hand. 涅费特姆被描绘为头顶莲花的人，莲花上常可见两根羽毛，手中有时持莲花作为权杖。
There are also depictions of him as the solar child, squatting in the sun's disk. 也有他作为太阳之子、蹲坐在太阳盘中的形象。
As a result of his association with Sakhmet, he is also sometimes depicted with the head of a lion. 由于与塞赫迈特的联系，他有时也被绘成狮头形象。