Imiut
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The imiut represents the hide of Anubis as an insignia and has contained the limbs of Osiris since the 5th dynasty . It served the restoration and resuscitation of the dead through the development of the positive qualities as well as the tasks of the embalmer Anubis.
background
The Imiut hide usually consisted of the fur of a canid , but in the early days it was less common from the peeled skin of a panther or gorse cat and in the Middle Kingdom of a bovid . The panther fur does not appear regularly until the Ramesside period, parallel to the canid and spotted bovid fur.
The Imiut fetish had the character of a magical protective skin against the powers of Seth . The gods on duty were asked to be particularly vigilant during the associated ritual . It was therefore considered a covering against the negative divine forces that endanger entry into the Duat .
Depictions in relief and painting are well attested. However, there are only a few round sculptures: from the tomb of Imhotep ( 12th dynasty ), two emblems from the tomb ( KV62 ) of Tutankhamun and from the tomb of Tjanenheb ( 26th dynasty ).
See also
literature
- Josep Cervelló Autuori: Africa antigua: El antiguo Egipto, una civilización africana - Actas de la IX Semana de Estudios Africanos del Center d'Estudis Africans de Barcelona (18-22 de marzo de 1996) - . Aula Aegyptiaca, Barcelona 2001, ISBN 84-607-2429-8 , pp. 77-96.
- Manfred Lurker : Lexicon of the gods and symbols of the ancient Egyptians. Scherz, Bern / Munich / Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-502-16430-4 , pp. 106-107.
- Ursula Rößler-Köhler: The Imiut - Investigations into the representation and meaning of a religious symbol connected with Anubis - . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1975, ISBN 3-447-01714-7 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ The original hieroglyph of the standard of the Imiut bellows (R60) cannot currently be represented in the Wikipedia font.
- ↑ Imiut from the tomb of Tutankhamun