Meaning of Akhet | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The region in the sky in which the sun tarries just before it rises or after it sets.
2. One of the three seasons of Ancient Egypt, coming after Shemu and before Peret; Inundation.

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Examples

“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.”

“Recitation. 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.”

“To the east and west were the akhets, or horizons — liminal zones in which the sun god and the dead king were prepared, either for rebirth into the upper world on the east or for successful entry into the other world on the west, the place of death and burial.”

“The heretic king Akhenaten believed the akhet appeared on the horizon to show him where to build Akhet-Aten, his new city in the desert… Amulets in the shape of the akhet represented Re the sun god and provided powerful protection to the wearer.”

“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.”

“I mean it’s the time of the year — Akhet. The time when the river rises.… Akhet brings us food.”

“Favorite dates were the first month of the akhet season and the third month of the peret season.”

“He was moving from Shemu to Akhet. But what had he harvested, in this last hard year?”

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