nb ḫꜥw

Egyptian

Etymology

From nb (“lord”) +‎ ḫꜥw (“appearance in glory”) in a direct genitive construction. Sometimes the second part is instead interpreted as ḫꜥw (“crown”), etymologically the same word.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛb xɑːuː/
- Conventional anglicization: neb khau

Noun

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‘Lord of Appearances’, a common pharaonic epithet
- 19th/20th Dynasty, Votive bust of a ram’s head, Kunsthistoriches Museum 1029, Vienna :
  
  nb tꜣwj ḏsr-kꜣ-rꜥ nb ḫꜥw jmn-ḥtp […]
  The Lord of the Two Lands, Djeserkare, Lord of Appearances, Amenhotep […]

References

Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 242.1–242.2

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