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Hemphta is the name of the deity.

The Latin Numen triforme means “threefold deity,” or “god having three forms.”

The Greek actually appears to say παντόμορφον (pantómorphon), which I take to mean “all-formed” or something to that effect.

The image (specifically the right version) is from Athanasius Kircher's Oedipus Aegyptiacus, a treatise on Egyptology, volume 2, part 2, p. 160 (1653 edition). I am not sure what Kircher's idea of this Egyptian religious concept was exactly, but he writes a little more about it in part 1, p. 160, and if I understand him right, the deity is known as Hemphta, Phta and Amun, and he believes that it is an obscured, imperfect representation of the Holy Trinity of Christian doctrine («Sacrosanctam & ter benedictam Triadem, fidei Christianae mysterium uti maximum, sic sublimissimum, nullo non tempore etiam sub obscuris fabularum figmentis adumbratum esse»).

Hemphta is the name of the deity.

The Latin Numen triforme means “threefold deity,” or “god having three forms.”

The Greek actually appears to say παντόμορφον (pantómorphon), which I take to mean “all-formed” or something to that effect.

The image (specifically the right version) is from Athanasius Kircher's Oedipus Aegyptiacus, a treatise on Egyptology, volume 2, part 2, p. 160 (1653 edition). I am not sure what Kircher's idea of this Egyptian religious concept was exactly, but he writes a little more about it in part 1, p. 101, and if I understand him right, the deity is known as Hemphta, Phta and Amun, and he believes that it is an obscured, imperfect representation of the Holy Trinity of Christian doctrine («Sacrosanctam & ter benedictam Triadem, fidei Christianae mysterium uti maximum, sic sublimissimum, nullo non tempore etiam sub obscuris fabularum figmentis adumbratum esse»).

Hemphta is the name of the deity.

The Latin Numen triforme means “threefold deity,” or “god having three forms.”

The Greek actually appears to say παντόμορφον (pantómorphon), which I take to mean “all-formed” or something to that effect.

I believe the image is from Athanasius Kircher's Oedipus Aegyptiacus, a treatise on Egyptology, which may shine more light on the meaning of these phrases.

Hemphta is the name of the deity.

The Latin Numen triforme means “threefold deity,” or “god having three forms.”

The Greek actually appears to say παντόμορφον (pantómorphon), which I take to mean “all-formed” or something to that effect.

The image (specifically the right version) is from Athanasius Kircher's Oedipus Aegyptiacus, a treatise on Egyptology, volume 2, part 2, p. 160 (1653 edition). I am not sure what Kircher's idea of this Egyptian religious concept was exactly, but he writes a little more about it in part 1, p. 160, and if I understand him right, the deity is known as Hemphta, Phta and Amun, and he believes that it is an obscured, imperfect representation of the Holy Trinity of Christian doctrine («Sacrosanctam & ter benedictam Triadem, fidei Christianae mysterium uti maximum, sic sublimissimum, nullo non tempore etiam sub obscuris fabularum figmentis adumbratum esse»).

The Latin means “threefold deity,” or “god having three forms.”

The Greek actually appears to say παντόμορφον (pantómorphon), which I take to mean “all-formed” or something to that effect.

I believe the image is from Athanasius Kircher's Oedipus Aegyptiacus, a treatise on Egyptology, which may shine more light on the meaning of these phrases.

Hemphta is the name of the deity.

The Latin Numen triforme means “threefold deity,” or “god having three forms.”

The Greek actually appears to say παντόμορφον (pantómorphon), which I take to mean “all-formed” or something to that effect.

I believe the image is from Athanasius Kircher's Oedipus Aegyptiacus, a treatise on Egyptology, which may shine more light on the meaning of these phrases.