Papyrus Mini-Gallery - Amentet painted
Hand-painted natural papyrus 11.5 × 16 cm, black folding passepartout, writing paper and a hanging loop.
Amentet or Imentet is an ancient Egyptian goddess of the dead. Since the Old Kingdom she was the personification of the realm of the dead, the West. She has been mentioned in mortuary literature since the New Kingdom and is a goddess of the Amduat. She is depicted as a woman with a black wig and the hieroglyph for "West" on her head. She is usually depicted in the form of Isis or Hathor.
In the mythology of the ancient Egyptians, the afterlife lies in the west. This is why the necropolises were mainly built in the mountains west of the Nile. As goddess of the west, Amentet is also the mistress of all lands lying in the west. As goddess of the underworld, she receives the entering dead. In the New Kingdom, Amentet became the patron goddess of the Theban necropolis. Amentet belongs to the retinue of Osiris. However, there was no cult of her own. Since the Late Period, however, her image was placed on the bottoms of the coffins.
She was invoked in ritual texts on statues, stelae and in tombs, and since the New Kingdom also on temple walls. Representations of the Amentet are found in various tombs, for example in the tomb of King Haremhab in the Valley of the Kings or in the tomb of Queen Nefertari in the Valley of the Queens.
Our papyrus range
We offer you light, ochre-coloured natural papyrus from Egypt. You can choose from various hand-laid formats. The design possibilities with papyrus are manifold. You can write on it, paint it or print on it; you can use ink, fibre pens, water-based or tempera paints.
Papyrus is a natural product
In the Nile Delta, papyrus leaves are still produced in the traditional way. Families in the countryside harvest the papyrus stems, which can be up to 6 metres high, and process the raw material into papyrus leaves with great skill. Carefully made papyrus leaves are produced in several steps, which always have an individual, handcrafted character.
Fair trade with Egypt
PGI buys Egyptian products directly from the producer. This allows us to bypass dealer stations and offer our customers favourable prices. But the Egyptian producers also benefit from this direct marketing, they achieve much higher prices for their products. We regularly visit our partners in Egypt and discuss the upcoming needs on site.