Nebet (terrain shape)

besides in hieroglyphics
nebet nbt
Type of terrain in the form of a half cylinder (three-dimensional)

Nebet ( plural nebut ) is the ancient Egyptian description of a terrain shape.

In connection with the Hau-nebut , “nebet” is documented for the first time on a block from the mortuary temple of Cheops . There, “nebet” is mentioned in relation to terrain descriptions parallel to “tau” ( flat lands ) and “chasut” ( hilly lands, mountain lands ).

In descriptions of the Amduat , the connection between “nebet” and the described terrain is considered to be secure. In the two-way book , “nebet” stands for an agricultural area.

literature

• Joachim Friedrich Quack : The problem of the Hausnebut. In: Robert Rollinger , Andreas Luther , Josef Wiesehöfer : Separate ways? Communication, space and perceptions in the old world (Historikertag 2004 in Kiel and conference in Innsbruck in 2005 on the topic of “Cultural Encounter Patterns Beyond the Levant”). Antiquity, Frankfurt a. M. 2007, ISBN 3-9380-3214-6 , pp. 331-362.
• Jean Vercoutter : Les Haou-Nebout. In: Bulletin de l´Institut Francais d´Archéologie Orientale. (BIFAO) No. 46: pp. 125-158; in No. 48: Les Haou-Nebout (suite) [avec 2 planches]. Pp. 107–209, Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Cairo 1947/1949.

Remarks

1. ↑ Front view of the semi-cylindrical shape: as terrain with a mountain ridge ; compared to the ancient Egyptian hieroglyph with the representation of a mountain and a mountain basin oras an illustration of a chain of hills ( determinative among other things for "foreign land, mountainous country") andas a symbol for the sunrise over a mountain or a mountain basin (determinative among other things for " horizon - and horizon inhabitants").