, ▁a ▁god ▁of ▁fab rics ▁and ▁clothes ▁and , ▁to ▁a ▁less er ▁extent , ▁of ▁we aving ▁and ▁the ▁dece ased . ▁Hed j h ote p ▁is ▁sometimes ▁described ▁as ▁a ▁god dess ▁rather ▁than ▁a ▁god , ▁holding ▁a ▁w adj - s cep ter ▁and ▁an kh ▁sign . ▁He ▁possibly ▁origin ated ▁from ▁the ▁northern ▁part ▁of ▁Middle ▁Egypt . ▁ ▁The ▁earliest ▁att est ations ▁of ▁Hed j h ote p ▁date ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁Tw elf th ▁D ynast y ▁of ▁the ▁Middle ▁Kingdom , ▁when ▁he ▁appears ▁in ▁sp ells ▁of ▁the ▁C off in ▁Text s ▁including ▁sp ells ▁ 7 7 9 ▁and ▁ 9 0 8 . ▁▁ ▁A ▁cult ▁center ▁of ▁Hed j h ote p ▁might ▁have ▁existed ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁east ▁of ▁the ▁F ai y um ▁in ▁el ▁L ah un . ▁It ▁is ▁in ▁nearby ▁Har age h ▁that ▁arch ae ological ▁exc av ations ▁un ear th ed ▁the ▁only ▁ste le ▁known ▁to ▁be ▁dedicated ▁explicitly ▁to ▁Hed j h ote p , ▁ste le ▁A E IN ▁ 1 5 4 0 , ▁from ▁the ▁tomb ▁of ▁a ▁man ▁named ▁Neb ip u ▁who ▁held ▁the ▁titles ▁of ▁" lib ation er " ▁and ▁" keeper ▁of ▁cl othing ". ▁The ▁on om astic ▁of ▁individuals ▁who ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁region ▁of ▁Her acle opol is ▁Mag na ▁during ▁the ▁Middle ▁Kingdom ▁indicates ▁that ▁Hed j h ote p ▁then ▁benef itted ▁from