The Imhet region: Its Spatial Significance in the Interaction of the Fourth and Fifth Hours of the Book of Amduat
Spaces in the Egyptian funerary topography are generally translated as “Underworld”, “World of the Dead” or “Afterlife”. In the so-called Book of Amduat, a funerary composition represen-ted in royal tombs since the 18th Dynasty, the coexistence of different spaces in the immensity of the Duat is evi...
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Instituto de Historia Antigua Oriental, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA
2024
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| Sumario: | Spaces in the Egyptian funerary topography are generally translated as “Underworld”, “World of the Dead” or “Afterlife”. In the so-called Book of Amduat, a funerary composition represen-ted in royal tombs since the 18th Dynasty, the coexistence of different spaces in the immensity of the Duat is evident. Rosetau, Imhet, and the so-called land of Sokar, can sometimes appear as interchangeable or functionally assimilable terms. In the particular case of its fourth and fifth hours, the functional interrelation between the two shows the topography of the Afterlife in all its complexity; in the space of the Duat, one travels through the roads of Rosetau and descends to the land of Sokar to converge in the Imhet, the deepest cavern of the Duat. A detailed reading that compares the general and particular contexts becomes necessary to define exactly what each of them refers to. Our proposal is to analyze the concept of Imhet present in the Book of Amduat, placing it in relation to Rosetau, Duat and the land of Sokar, while continuing to review the previous funerary literature that mentions it, as well as its functionality. |
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