The Getty Research Institute
Research Home Tools Cutural Objects Names Authority Iconography
Cultural Objects Names Authority  Cultural Objects Names Authority® Iconography Display
New Search Previous Page Help
ID: 901002545
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002545
Record Type: Character/Person

Imentet (Egyptian deity)

Note: Egyptian goddess of the dead who resided in a tree looking at the entrance to Duat (Egyptian underworld); consort of Aqen, a god who guided Ra through parts of the underworld; mentioned in various hymns and passages of the Book of the Dead.

Names:
Imentet (Egyptian deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Amentet (Egyptian deity) (English)
Ament (Egyptian deity) (English)
Imentit (Egyptian deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Egyptian iconography> (P)
........<Egyptian characters> (P)
............Imentet (Egyptian deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
consort/spouse of .... Aqen
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Egyptian iconography, Egyptian characters, Aqen (Egyptian deity)) [901002546]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Ancient Egyptian (culture)
.....(Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
deity of .... dead (people)
.....(people by state or condition, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Imentet (Egyptian deity)
................Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) [online] (1990-).
................Goyon and Cardin, Khefethernebes as a divine epithet (2007) 1929
Amentet (Egyptian deity)
................Goyon and Cardin, Khefethernebes as a divine epithet (2007)
Ament (Egyptian deity)
................Goyon and Cardin, Khefethernebes as a divine epithet (2007)
Imentit (Egyptian deity)
................Goyon and Cardin, Khefethernebes as a divine epithet (2007)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imentet#/media/File:Hathor,_mistress_of_the_west.svg
................ Goyon and Cardin, Khefethernebes as a divine epithet (2007)

New Search

Back to Top
The J. Paul Getty Trust
The J. Paul Getty Trust