akhet
Collocations
5ADJ.
living, practical
VERB + AKHET
rises, started
AKHET + NOUN
food
PREP.
on
ADV.
quite
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noun
The region in the sky in which the sun tarries just before it rises or after it sets.
The concept of the Akhet was a practical explanation of why light fades gradually after sunset and appears gradually before sunrise, instead of disappearing and reappearing with the sun all at once.
Within the tomb, indeed within the coffin, the ‘house of life’, the deceased lay facing the east and the world of the living, the Akhet, and the rising sun.
name
One of the three seasons of Ancient Egypt, coming after Shemu and before Peret; Inundation.
As Janssen noted, the information covering the first five days of III akhet is not quite the same in both ostraca.
The lunar month in question would have started on II Akhet 17.
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6The concept of the Akhet was a practical explanation of why light fades gradually after sunset and appears gradually before sunrise, instead of disappearing and reappearing with the sun all at once.
WiktionaryWithin the tomb, indeed within the coffin, the ‘house of life’, the deceased lay facing the east and the world of the living, the Akhet, and the rising sun.
WiktionaryRecitation. The sky’s two reedfloats have been set by the Dayboat for the Sun, that the Sun might cross on them to where Horus of the Akhet is, to the Akhet.
WiktionaryAs Janssen noted, the information covering the first five days of III akhet is not quite the same in both ostraca.
WiktionaryThe lunar month in question would have started on II Akhet 17.
WiktionaryI mean it’s the time of the year — Akhet. The time when the river rises.… Akhet brings us food.
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