The god of eternity Heh kneeling on the hieroglyph for Gold
Nebet-Het, the ancient Egyptian goddess known in Greek as Nephthys, is the sister of the more popular goddess Aset. Aset is known as Isis in Greek and is the wife of the great Asar, who is known as Osiris in Greek. Nephthys’ name means “Lady of the Temple Enclosure”, Lady from the Nebet part. Nebet is a designation given to an important female as Neb is the designation for an important man, a lord. The t designates a female is being referred to. The hieroglyph for Neb is a semicircle, with the round part facing down or towards the ground.
Also it is interesting to note that the hieroglyph for gold is similar yet more ornate and is transliterated as Nebu. It is the same semi-circle however it has rays shining downwards from the circular part as well as an enclosure over top suggesting that the gold is from the earth and shines like the rays of sunlight.
The impression it gives is that gold is the moment before the sun appears at dawn and the sky is lit up in a golden colour. The ancient Egyptians referred to this most special time as the akhet and it is more specifically referring to the goddess Hat-Hor, Hathor in Greek. An epithet of Hathor is Lady of Gold. Gold is the flesh body of the gods. …