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In Egyptian mythology, Seker is a god of craftsmen, the dead and funerals. He was strongly associated with Osiris and Ptah. As Ptah-Seker, he was married to Sekhmet. Later, Ptah-Seker-Osiris was a popular god during the Middle Kingdom. Seker is further strongly associated to the sun and the Apis bull at Memphis.
In art, he is portrayed as a human with a hawk's head.
Other names
- Socharis (Greek)
- Sokar
- Sokaris
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