Not researched yet. Recorded so the roster is complete. Do not cite it.
Yam
unresearched
What is claimed
The census carries this name with the following description, taken verbatim from the aggregate list it was extracted from:
A Syrian god of the sea who appears in some Ancient Egyptian literature
Source grading in that list: Minor deities / Gods.
Research status
Not yet researched. Nothing above has been checked against a primary text. No claim on this page should be cited. The description is recorded so the roster is complete and so the starting point is visible — not because it is established.
Per 00-README.md rule 4, an aggregate list is sufficient to show a name is in circulation and never sufficient to show it is attested. This entry becomes a real one when someone finds it in a primary source and fills in the format from ENTRY-FORMAT.md.
The record
Nothing. That is the finding.
Sources
[wp-list-egyptian-deities]— English Wikipedia, List of Egyptian deities, retrieved 2026-07-28. Aggregate list; census use only.
Open questions
- Search the Amduat and Book of Gates rosters [budge-1905] for this name.
- Search the Book of the Dead spell list [budge-1901].
- Establish the Egyptological transliteration and the earliest attested period.
- Determine whether this is an independent deity or an epithet.
Cite this entry
Research grade: ☐stub — Not yet researched. Do not cite.
This entry should not be cited as a description of a deity. It records an unverified name and the state of the investigation into it.
"Yam", The Egyptian God Corpus,
graded stub, retrieved 2026-08-10.