ꜥꜣꜥ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun

aAamw

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  1. (uncountable) strength, valor, potency [11th and 20th Dynasty]
    • c. 2100 BCE, Tomb of Ankhtifi, quoted in Gardiner 1948:
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      nj pꜣ zp ḫpr ḏr rk rꜥ m ꜥꜣꜥ n(j) ⟨ḏꜣm n⟩ mḥ jb nḫt
      It has never happened since the time of Ra through the valor of the trusty victorious ⟨recruits⟩.

Alternative forms

References

  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 2.12
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 38
  • Gardiner, Alan (1948) “The First Two Pages of the Wörterbuch” in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 34, p. 17–18
  • Lesko, Leonard; Lesko, Barbara (2002) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, volume 1, second edition, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN, page 1
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