nšmt

Egyptian

Etymology

Possibly from nšm (“to cut”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛʃmɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: neshmet

Proper noun

f

neshmet-barque, the sacred barque in which (the image of) Osiris was carried in procession during his festival at Abydos

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nšmt

nšmt

[New Kingdom]

References

Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 339.15–339.17
Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 140

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