The Amduat, meaning "That Which Is In the Afterworld", is an event detailing a cycle that the sun god Ra must undergo where he travels through the underworld, from the time when the sun sets in the west and rises again in the east. It is said that the dead Pharaoh is taking this same journey...
El libro del Amduat cuenta a través del texto y la imagen, el trayecto de Ra durante las 12 horas de la noche, en el mundo subterráneo. En este fragmento, anónimo, encontramos parte de la hora 11 y la hora 12 prácticamente entera así como el principio de la versión abreviada.
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The Book of the Hidden Chamber : the Twelve Hours of the Night in the tomb of Tuthmosis III
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Section of the papyrus belonging to ‘God’s Father and Prophet of Amun-Ra, King of the Gods, Nesmin, born of the Lady of the House, Sistrum-player of Amun-Ra, Tasherit(en-ta)ihet’ with the fifth hour of the Amduat (see also RCINs 1145259-64).The Amduat (literally ‘that which is in the netherworld’), also known as the Book of the Hidden Chamber, is a funerary text that describes the journey of regeneration of Ra, the Egyptian sun god, through the 12 hours of the night from...
Book of Amduat of Buiruharmut, with Elements of the Tenth through Twelfth Hours | Cleveland Museum of Art
KV17, The Tomb of Sety I, Pillared chamber F Relief from KV 17, the Tomb of Sety I Pillared chamber F, left (southeast) wall Book of Gates, the 5th hour
KV-34, tomb of Tuthmosis III
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This papyrus had been found folded eight times and was placed within the wrappings across the knees of Nany's mummy. It is a much abbreviated version of the Amduat - "What is in the Underworld" - a magical text intended to help the deceased successfully pass through the twelve hours of the night
Relief from KV 17, the Tomb of Seti I Burial chamber J Amduat: Detail of the first hour on the southeast wall, lower register: The "Barque of Chepri", as she is named in the end-text of this hour, is here represented; Into her, the sungod as scarab (Chepri) in the middle of the barque is adored on both sides from"Osiris" named god's. To the right of the barque are three serpent portrayed, staggered one above the other; their names are: "He which sweeps out the mouth" "Cutting" and "Spiky"
