bḥdt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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  1. the city of Edfu in Upper Egypt [since the end of the 12th Dynasty]
    Synonyms: ḏbꜣ, msn
  2. the city of Semabehdet (Tell el-Balamun) in Lower Egypt
  3. the 17th nome of Lower Egypt, with its capital at Semabehdet (Tell el-Balamun)

Usage notes

Formerly, bḥdt was also conjectured to refer to the city of Damanhur in Lower Egypt, but this identification is no longer accepted.

Derived terms

References

  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 470.6–470.8
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 84
  • Gardiner, Alan (1944) “Horus the Beḥdetite” in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, volume 30, page 23 et seq.
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