Epithets of Amunet

imnt – “Amaunet” Affiliation [8, 51] unclear

Spellings

Date:
Old Kingdom [3, 6, 8]; Middle Kingdom [2, 29]; New Kingdom [1, 7, 9-21, 23, 25, 27-28, 30-36, 39, 44, 52,
87]; 21st – 24th Dyn. [22, 26]; 26th Dyn [37-38, 43, 50]; Late Period [40-42, 84-85]; Greco-Roman period
[4-5, 24, 45-49, 51, 53-77, 79-83, 86]; uncertain [78]

Iconography
A. Human Forms:
a) Goddess with papyrus scepter [46, 74, 81]
b) Enthroned goddess with tight-fitting robes from which the arms stick out; she is holding an ankh [27]
c) Standing goddess with raised hands in worship [83-84]
d) Goddess with the red crown [9, 11-13, 15, 19-20, 21, 23, 28, 82, 87] and two [13] or one year panicle
and anx Dd wAs basket on her arm[20]
e) Goddess with double crown (uncertain) [40]
f) Goddess with Hethert crown [10]

B. Baboon form
a) Baboon with arms raised in praise [37-38] before the sun bark [37]

C. Ram form
a) Ram-headed goddess with the Atef crown[78]

D. Vulture form
a) Vulture on a pedestal [69]
b) Type of Egyptian vulture or buzzard [70]

E. Snake form
a) Goddess with a snake head [4-5, 41, 50, 55, 62, 64, 79, 85]

Member of group of gods

A.
a) 3rd of four female vultures [69]
b) One of the deities of the Ogdoad (xmnyw) [4-5, 37-38, 41, 50, 55-56, 58, 62, 64, 71, 74, 79, 81, 83-85]
c) imnt *Hryt ib ipt swt is the 4th in a collection of 15 gods [31]
d) 1st of 16 deities in connection with the great Ennead imnt *Hryt ib ipt swt [27]

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e) Together with Amun (imn) the god of the day of II Smw 17 [59] and II Smw 18 [60]

B.
a) 30th in a series of deities, perching/crouching in the upper frieze of the outer sanctuary wall [54]
b) In a list of the deities of Dendara [65]
Predecessor: imn [4, 41, 54, 56, 64, 81, 83-85]
imn and imnt [60]
inpw [59]
anqt [65]
Hknt [46]
xnsw nfr Htp [31]
dmAt pDwt [69]
Successor: imn and imnt [59]
wr mrwt.f [60]
mnTw [27]
niw [54]
nwn [41, 56, 81]
nb [46]
nnt [65]
HH [64, 83-85]
tA wrt *nbt pt [31]
dmDt [69]
Partner imn [5, 25, 50, 55, 58, 62, 79]

Functions
A. Identification of Goddesses:
a) Title of Aset [68]
b) Title of Nit [72]
c) Title of Hethert [61, 63]
d) Title of Tjenenet [80]
e) Title of the city of Thebes [76]

B. Identification of goddesses in ritual scenes:

a) In a ritual scene (erecting the climbing rack of Min: saH kA sHnt) [66]
b) Title of Nit in a ritual scene (Goose and offering bread: sr snw) [75]
c) Title of Nut in a ritual scene (without title) [86]

C. In relation to the sun god:

a) She is in the wake of the sun god, who appears in the flood (nt) as a hidden egg (swHt imnt) [42]
b) She is the mother of Ra (mwt ra) [47]

D. In relation to the king:

a) The king is loved by her [66]

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E. In relation to the deceased:

a) She remains under the sign (a) of the deceased [33]
b) Amun-Ra cleanses/purifies (swab) the deceased, Amunet protects (xw) them [36]
c) The goddess of the west (imntt) conceals (imn) the deceased in her name, Amunet [45]

F. In relation to the afterlife:

a) Identification with the underworld, which is also called the secret (StAt) [1]
b) The chamber (at) of the secrets is the 7th of 7 chambers [2]

G. As a protective deity:
a) She protects (xw) NN during the day (hrw wrS) (in a purification litany) [7]
b) Designation of an amulet in the form of a vulture [51]

H. With geographic reference:

a) Name of the temple goddess in a procession of nome goddesses (w of the 4th Upper Egyptian nome)
[67]

I. As owner of sanctuaries:
a) The Hall (wsxt) of Amunet (during the Wesir celebrations in IV. Axt) [24]
b) The temple (Hwt) of Amunet (= Dendara) is raised with a cobra (Hryt tp) like the sky with sun wings
(xpy) [53]
c) Thebes is the temple of Karnak (ipt swt) of Amunet [73]
d) Esna is the dwelling (iwnn) of Amunet [77]
e) Hatshepsut built a procession bark (sSm xw) for her [14]

J. Recipient of Offerings:
a) She is mentioned in a Htp di nsw formula [32, 39, 52], after Amun and before Mut [39]
b) She and the hidden one (imn) belong to the offering bread (pAt) [3]

K. Recipient of Worship:
a) She receives praise (rdi iAw) [34]

L. In Titles:
a) A mr nTr, it nTr, and wab priest [43], a 2nd Hm nTr priest [44], a Hm nTr priest [48]

M. Other:
a) Together with Amun, she digs the lake (S) and the wetland (Hnt) and fastens the name of the mother
to Naunet (mwwt nwnt) [5]
b) Amun and Amunet unite with the Ogdoad, so that they make the full ten names. They developed in
[water] and in the darkness. They arrive at the Ogdoad to allow the great shine to arise [49]
c) The great hidden one (imn wr) came from her womb (Xt) [6]
d) In a spell [25]

As translated from German in the Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen by Naisenu (Carissa)
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e) She joins this god (nTr pn) in her form as Ma’at [57]
f) In the compound Hwt Hr *nbt wAst *imnt *Hntyt ipt swt [61]

Literature and Citations:

See page 358 http://tinyurl.com/q6tp5xv

imnt nt ipt swt – “Amaunet of Karnak” In [2] imnt m ipt swt

Spellings

Date:
Late Period [1]; Greco-Roman period [2]

Iconography
Goddess with the red crown [1]

Functions
Title of Nit in a procession of the nome gods (5th Lower Egyptian nome) [1]

Literature and Citations:

See page 358 http://tinyurl.com/q6tp5xv

imnt m ipt swt m wAst – “Amaunet in Karnak in Thebes”

Spellings

Date:
New Kingdom [1, 2]

Iconography
Shrouded/wrapped enthroned goddess [1, 2]

As translated from German in the Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen by Naisenu (Carissa)
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Member of group of gods

Predecessor: imn m qmAw.f nbw [1]
destroyed [2]
Successor: mnw m ipt swt m wAst [1, 2]

Literature and Citations:

See page 358 http://tinyurl.com/q6tp5xv

imnt aAt – “Amaunet, the Great” Probably [1]: “The Great Hidden One“
Spellings

Date:
Middle Kingdom [1]; Late Period [2]; Greco-Roman period [3]

Iconography
Standing goddess with the red crown [2]

Literature and Citations:

See page 359 http://tinyurl.com/q6tp5xv

imnt aAt wrt – “Amaunet, the very Great”

Spellings

Date:
New Kingdom [3]; 21st – 24th Dyn. [1]; 25th Dyn. (Kushite) [2?]; 26th Dyn. [15]; Greco-Roman period [4-13,
16-17]

Iconography
Goddess with the red crown [4, 6, 8-9, 13, 16-17]

Functions
A. Identification of Goddesses:
a) In a ritual scene (collar: bb) [13]; (carry things: fAt xt) [10]; (Incense: without title) [9]
b) Title of Nit in a ritual scene (Wine: irp) [11]; (Barley and emmer wheat harvest: Asx it bdty) [12]

As translated from German in the Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen by Naisenu (Carissa)
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B. Other:
a) The king is loved by her [7]
b) A Hm nTr priest [15]

Literature and Citations:

See page 359 http://tinyurl.com/q6tp5xv

imnt m wAst – “Amunet in Thebes”

Spellings

Date:
Greco-Roman period [1-2]

Function
Title of Aset in a ritual scene (Incense: snTr) [2]

Literature and Citations:

See page 359 http://tinyurl.com/q6tp5xv

imnt wrt – “Amaunet, the Great”

Spellings

Date:
Greco-Roman period [1-4]

Iconography:
Goddess with the red crown on her head [1]

Function
a) Title of Hethert [1]
b) Title of Mut in a ritual scene (Double feather crown: Swty) [3]
c) She proposes/suggests to the temple of the god of the tambourine (sr) [2]

As translated from German in the Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen by Naisenu (Carissa)
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Literature and Citations:

See page 359 http://tinyurl.com/q6tp5xv

imnt m wTst Hr – “Amaunet in Edfu”

Spellings

Date:
Greco-Roman period [1]

Member of group of gods

In a long list of the gods of Edfu [1]
Predecessor: HqAt *nbt anx xft Hr.f [1]
Successor: Ast *wHat [1]

Literature and Citations:

See page 359 http://tinyurl.com/q6tp5xv

imnt nt Hwt nTr nt – “Amunet of the Temple of Nit”

Spellings

Date:
Late Period [1]

Function
A Hm nTr priest [1]

Literature and Citations:

See page 359 http://tinyurl.com/q6tp5xv

As translated from German in the Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen by Naisenu (Carissa)
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A) Cosmos
1) Heaven/Horizon
nbt pt – The Lady of the Sky
nbt nnt – The Lady of Lower Heaven

2) Sun
tmAt nt Sw – The Mother of Lights

5) Wind
mHyt – The north wind

B) Topography
2) Place Names
aAt xawm ipt swt – She with great appearance in Karnak
nbt hbt – The Lady of Hibis
Hryt ib ipt swt – She who is in the heart of Karnak
Hryt ib wTst Hr – She who is in the heart of Edfu
Hryt ib bHdt – She who is in the heart of Edfu
Hryt ib hbt – She who is in the heart of Hibis
Hryt tp m ipt swt – The head in Karnak
Hryt tp m ipt swt m wAst – The head in Karnak in Thebes
HqAt m wAst – The ruler in Thebes
xntyt ipt swt – She who is in front of Karnak
xntyt irt ra – The head of Thebes

3) Countries, Regions and Ethnicities

nbt tAwy – The Lady of the Two Lands
Hnwt tAwy – The Lady of the Two Lands
xAt tA pn – Who measures this land
xwt tA pn – Who protects this land

4) Shrines
Hryt ib Ax mnw – Who is in the heart of Akhmenu (Temple of Djehutymose III in Karnak)
Hryt ib ipt – Who is in the heart of the shrine

As translated from German in the Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen by Naisenu (Carissa)