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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m./f. topo.
- an Old Kingdom necropolis complex situated near modern Cairo: Djedu (now Abusir)
- (metonymically) the afterlife
- 12th Dynasty, Stela of Nakhti, British Museum EA 143:
- wsjr nb-ḏdw nṯr-ꜥꜣ
- Osiris, Lord of Djedu, the elder god
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏdw
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