ḥr-ꜣḫtj
Egyptian
Etymology
ḥr (“Horus”) + ꜣḫtj (“of the Akhet”). Later, in the New Kingdom, ꜣḫtj was reinterpreted as the dual of ꜣḫt (“Akhet”) instead of a nisba adjective derived from it, rendering a new interpretation of ḥr-ꜣḫtj as a direct genitive construction meaning ‘Horus of the Two Akhets’.
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥr-ꜣḫtj
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Derived terms
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 149.
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