Papyrus Mini-Gallery - Amentet
Natural papyrus with outline motif 11.5 × 16.5 cm, black folding passe-partout, writing paper as well as a hanging eyelet.
Mini gallery pictures are an inexpensive introduction to papyrus painting.
The ready-painted pictures are a tasteful gift for many occasions.
To the motif
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.
To paint:
12 double fibre pencil - Article No. 2701
Pilot Pintor: White, Gold, Silver - Article No. 2703
PGI papyrus
silkscreen motif, natural border
can be painted with pens and watercolours
| Aspiration scale: | Easy |
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| Time Line: | 45 Min |
Amentet
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
Instructions for painting papyrus