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.
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
↑ 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 or
as an illustration of a chain of hills ( determinative among other things for "foreign land, mountainous country") and
as a symbol for the sunrise over a mountain or a mountain basin (determinative among other things for " horizon - and horizon inhabitants").