ḥꜣb-zkr

Egyptian

Etymology

ḥꜣb (“festival”) +‎ zkr (“Sokar”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘Festival of Sokar’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ħɑb zɛkɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: hab-zeker

Proper noun

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the Festival of Sokar, a festival consisting of the dragging of the Sokar-bark and a procession called pẖr ḥꜣ jnbw (“circling around the walls”), celebrated on the 25th (later 26th) of Choiak

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥꜣb-zkr

ḥꜣb-zkr

References

Helck, Wolfgang; Westendorf, Wolfhart (1977) Lexikon der Ägyptologie, volume 2: Erntefest – Hordjedef, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 175–176

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