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Egyptian
Etymology
ẖrj (“lying under”) + tp (“head”) + nswt (“king”), thus literally ‘(one) under the head of the king’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.
Pronunciation
Noun
m
- an Old Kingdom title, sometimes rendered royal chamberlain
Inflection
Declension of ẖrj-tp-nswt (masculine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ẖrj-tp-nswt
References
- Jones, Dilwyn (2000) An Index of Ancient Egyptian Titles, Epithets and Phrases of the Old Kingdom (BAR International Series; 866 (I-II)), volume I-II, Oxford: Archaeopress, →ISBN, § 2874, page 788
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 396.2
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 204
