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Origin of the name APA.
Etymology of the
name APA.
Meaning of the baby name APA.
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APA. Egyptian
name meaning "Fly."
Apa,
the father of Ameni the priest
of Osiris, in the XIIth dynasty, which see.
Apa, surnamed
Khut Hotep, a sacred scribe and priest of Pthah. Period
uncertain.
Apa, the father of a private Egyptian of the
family of Senbeb,
which see.
Apa, an Egyptian amulet, representing the flying scarabaeus, an emblem of the
Sun and of Pthah Sokari Osiris. It was often wrought in blue
porcelain and attached to the coverings of mummies. These and also
ring scarabaei are first found on the little fingers of mummies prepared
at the time of the XIIIth dynasty. At the time of the XVIIIth and
subsequent dynasties they came into occasional use for mummies of
important and rich persons. This custom prevailed through the
subsequent dynasty, was more common at the time of the XXVIth, and became
universal in the time of the Ptolemies. Some of the amulets exhibit
high polish and finish but the Egyptians appear to have experienced
considerable difficulty in engraving minute hieroglyphics on hard
stone. Various materials were employed, such as green jasper,
felspar, serpentine, basalt, schist, and a dark soapstone or
steatite. The Apa are of larger size than the scarabaei used for
finger-rings or other personal adornment, and are sometimes three or more
inches in length. The inscription on these amulets is one of the
chapters relating to the heart, found at the end of the LXIVth chapter of
the Ritual, and the formula was ascribed to different periods, as that of
Heshetp, or Usaphais, a king of the 1st dynasty, and the period of Menkara,
a monarch of the IVth dynasty. It was supposed to have been written
by the finger of the god Thoth himself on a brick of glazed earth,
sandstone, or some other material in blue letters, and to have been found
by the prince Hartataf, on a tour made by him, to examine the
temples. This inscription was considered only fit for the chaste and
pure, and the scarabaeus on which it was inscribed was placed over the
heart; it was dipped in some essence, and the chapter repeated over
it. The object of the charm was to preserve the heart, in which the
soul was supposed to reside after death, from destruction or decay.
The scarabaeus itself also indicated the idea of self-existence, or the
changes or phases or transformations, through which the soul passed in the
future state. The name of the person for whose mummy the Apa were
made is generally, but not always, inscribed in the text. (An Archaic
Dictionary, Cooper, 1876).
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