Amduat

E300349

ancient Egyptian funerary text religious text underworld book

Amduat is an ancient Egyptian funerary text that narrates the sun god Ra’s journey through the underworld during the twelve hours of the night.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Amduat canonical	9
Amduat scenes	3
scenes from the Amduat	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian funerary text ⓘ religious text ⓘ underworld book ⓘ
associatedWithConcept	afterlife judgment ⓘ rebirth ⓘ solar cycle ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Osiris ⓘ
commonlyInscribedIn	royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings ⓘ
contains	illustrated vignettes ⓘ lists of deities ⓘ mythological beings ⓘ topographical descriptions of the underworld ⓘ
cosmologicalRole	describes defeat of Apophis ⓘ explains nightly regeneration of the sun ⓘ
culture	ancient Egypt ⓘ
describes	journey of the sun god Ra through the underworld ⓘ twelve hours of the night ⓘ
earliestKnownUse	tomb of Thutmose I ⓘ
firstAttestedIn	18th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
genre	netherworld book ⓘ
hasMainDeity	Ra ⓘ
hasNumberOfDivisions	12 ⓘ
hasOriginalLanguage	Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
hasSetting	Duat ⓘ Duat ⓘ surface form: Egyptian underworld
hasWritingSystem	cursive hieroglyphs ⓘ hieratic ⓘ hieroglyphs ⓘ
iconographyFeatures	caverns and caverns guardians ⓘ mummiform figures ⓘ serpents ⓘ solar barque ⓘ
influence	later Egyptian funerary literature ⓘ
partOfTradition	Book of the Dead ⓘ surface form: Egyptian Books of the Afterlife
periodOfOrigin	New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
purpose	ensure rebirth with the sun god ⓘ guide the deceased pharaoh through the underworld ⓘ
relatedWork	Book of Caverns ⓘ Book of Gates ⓘ Book of the Dead ⓘ
religion	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
scholarlyField	Egyptology ⓘ
structure	twelve hour-by-hour sections ⓘ
transmission	copied on papyri ⓘ copied on tomb walls ⓘ
typicalLocationInTomb	corridors and burial chambers ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duat → describedIn → Amduat ⓘ

Ancient Egyptian religion → hasSacredText → Amduat ⓘ

Sokar (Seker), Memphite funerary god → mentionedInText → Amduat ⓘ

subject surface form: Sokar

Apep → appearsInText → Amduat ⓘ

Sokar → mentionedIn → Amduat ⓘ

KV7 → hasDecorationTheme → Amduat ⓘ

Ramesses VI → tombDecoration → Amduat ⓘ

KV34 → hasDecoration → Amduat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amduat scenes

KV17 → containsDecorationFrom → Amduat ⓘ

KV8 → hasReligiousText → Amduat ⓘ

KV9 → hasDecoration → Amduat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amduat scenes

KV11 → decoratedWith → Amduat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amduat scenes

KV57 → hasDecoration → Amduat ⓘ

this entity surface form: scenes from the Amduat