Nepri
also Neper
Corn god. Nepri, Lord of the Risen Grain, belonged to a group of deities which created Egypt's wealth: its agricultural produce, Geb, the earth, Hapi, the Nile, Osiris and others.
Nepri at Edfu
Source: Agropolis Museum website
I was grain-maker, beloved of Nepri,Nepri was closely associated with Osiris, at times merged into Nepri-Osiris. In the Hymn to Osiris Nepri and Djefah (DfA), Fields' Bounty, satisfy the needs of the Egyptian people:
Hapy honored me on every field.
None hungered in my years,
None thirsted in them.M. Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, Vol.1, p.137
Nepri gives all his herbs,The corn god was the husband of Tait, the goddess of linen and weaving. Together they satisfied two of the most basic needs of mankind, that for food and that for clothing. In Egypt, unlike in more northern climes, the need for clothing is relatively small, thus the importance attributed to Tait was minor compared with Nepri's. The 11th dynasty ruler of Thebes Mentuhotep bore the epithet of
Field's Bounty brings satiety,
And gives it to all lands.
Everybody jubilates,
Hearts are glad, breasts rejoice,
Everyone exults...M. Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, Vol.2, p.84
Son of Nepri, the husband of Tayet, the one for whom Sekhat-Hor created cattle.Nepri was at times seen as the son of Renenutet, called the Lady of the Barns and also Lady of the Fields. She was depicted carrying the still small Nepri.Stela UC14333
D. M. Doxey, Egyptian Non-Royal Epithets in the Middle Kingdom: A Social and Historical Analysis, Brill Academic Publishers, 1998, p.36
[1] Thus in M. Lichtheim's translation. Two other, older renderings are a bit different.
