Inhy
Located on the Stygian River just a few miles northwest of the royal capital of Thybos, Inhy is home to many of the people who specifically serve the pharaoh (such as craftsmen or laborers), and to the priests who tend the great Necropolis lying outside the capital city. It is also the high seat of the temple of Anqet, goddess of water and rivers — the Stygian in particular. Many Khemitites all along the great river pray to her for the fertility of their crops. The temple has an elaborate stygometer, a structure for measuring the level of the Stygian River during its flood season and predicting a coming famine or disastrous inundation. This involves a channel that runs from the river into a deep cistern inside the temple. Stairs descending along the inside of the well allow access to the measuring column set in its center. It is read by the priests of Anqet, though the pharaoh himself has been known to view it on occasion.
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