Amduat

English

Etymology

From a 19th-century transcription of Egyptian jmj-dwꜣt (literally “(that which) is in the afterworld”).

Proper noun

Amduat

An ancient Egyptian funerary text of the New Kingdom describing the journey of the sun through the underworld at night.

Translations

ancient Egyptian funerary text

Egyptian:

(zẖꜣ-n-ꜥt-jmnt m),

(jmj-dwꜣt m)
German: Amduat n

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