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