gs-tp

Egyptian
FWOTD – 8 October 2018

Etymology

gs (“half, side”) +‎ tp (“head”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘half of the head’ or ‘side of the head’.

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˌkʼasˈtʼap/ → /ˌkʼasˈtʼap/ → /ˌkʼəsˈtʼap/

Noun
Aa16
Z1		 tp
Z1		 F51

 m

  1. migraine headache
    • c. 1550 BCE, Ebers Papyrus, lines 47.14–47.15 (Eb 250):[1]
      k
      t      		 n
      t      		 U23m&r t
      nDs
      Z2      		 mAa16Z1tpZ1
      D
      n      		 n
      t      		 tpn
      t      		 n
      a      		 r
      K5      		 z
      n      		 U19
      nw W      		 xQ7HrZ1U7
      r      		 HtW22
      Z2ss
      gs
      z      		 A24tpZ1imr
      ra      		 Z1Z1Z1Z1
      kt nt mrt m gs-tp ḏnnt nt nꜥr snwḫ ḥr mrḥt gs tp jm r jfdw hrw
      Another [remedy] for pain in a migraine: the skull of a catfish, boiled in oil/fat. Anoint the head in it over the course of four days.

Descendants

References
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 164
  1. Wreszinski, Walter (1913) Der Papyrus Ebers: Umschrift, Übersetzung und Kommentar (volume III of Die Medizin der alten Ägypter), Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, page 74
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