Hotep



Hotep (also rendered hetep ) is an Egyptian word that roughly translates as "to be satisfied, at peace". The word also refers to an "offering" ritually presented to a deity or a dead person, hence "be pleased, be gracious, be at peace". It is rendered in Egyptian hieroglyphs as an altar/offering table (Gardiner sign R4). The noun ḥtp.w means "peace, contentment". Davies (2018) interprets the concept of as "the result of action in accord with maat [the proper order of the universe]".

The so-called offering formula begins with "an offering given by the king".

Egyptian became Coptic   "be content" and  hōtp "be reconciled".

Hotep as part of ancient Egyptian names, such as Hotepsekhemwy ( "the two powers are at peace"), the first ruler of Egypt's Second Dynasty.

In personal names

 * Pharaohs
 * Hotepsekhemwy (2nd dynasty)
 * Mentuhotep I, Mentuhotep II, Mentuhotep III, Mentuhotep IV, Mentuhotep V and Mentuhotep VI (11th to 16th dynasties)
 * Amenemhat I (throne name Sehetepibre) (12th dynasty)
 * Sehetepibre (13th dynasty)
 * Hotepibre (13th dynasty)
 * Sobekhotep I, Sobekhotep II, Sobekhotep III, Sobekhotep IV, Merhotepre Sobekhotep V, Khahotepre Sobekhotep VI, Sobekhotep VII and Sobekhotep VIII (13th to 16th dynasties)
 * Neferhotep I, Neferhotep II and Neferhotep III (13th to 16th dynasties)
 * Merhotepre Ini (13th dynasty)
 * Rahotep (17th dynasty)
 * Amenhotep I, Amenhotep II, Amenhotep III and Amenhotep IV, later known as Akhenaten (18th dynasty)


 * Other
 * Neithhotep (1st dynasty queen)
 * Imhotep (3rd dynasty official)
 * Ptahhotep (5th dynasty official)
 * Khnumhotep I (12th dynasty nomarch)
 * Hedjhotep (minor deity)
 * Hetepheres I, Hetepheres II (4th dynasty queens)
 * Hetepheres (4th dynasty princess)
 * Neferhetepes (4th dynasty princess)
 * Hathorhotep (12th dynasty princess)

In popular culture

 * Nyarlathotep is a deity or a demon in stories by H.P. Lovecraft, and the title of a 1920 short story.
 * Hotep is one of the advisors to Pharaoh in the animated epic film The Prince of Egypt (1998).
 * The title of the American comedy film Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) refers to the nickname for a reanimated mummy that wears a cowboy hat
 * Robin Thede used the derivative term "hertep" in A Black Lady Sketch Show.