ꜣḫ-bjt

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜣḫ (“papyrus thicket”) +‎ bjt(j) (“king of Lower Egypt”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘papyrus thicket of the king of Lower Egypt’.

Pronunciation

Proper noun


 m./f. topo.

  1. a mythological island, Chemmis, where Horus was said to have been reared in secret, most often identified with a lake site near Buto

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣḫ-bjt  


ꜣḫ-bjt ꜣḫ-bjt ꜣḫ-bjt ꜣḫ-bjt ꜣḫ-bjt
[New Kingdom]

Derived terms

References
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 13.3–13.4
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 4
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