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Egyptian
Etymology
From ꜣbwt (“appearance, form”) + nṯr (“god”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘form of the god’. However, the full form *ꜣbwt-nṯr is unattested, as the word-final t had fallen silent and was often left unwritten by the time of this term’s earliest attestation. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.
Pronunciation
Noun
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- a type of cloth that serves as a cultic object or relic, sometimes associated with Horus and seen as having protective and mortuary functions
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣbw-nṯr
References
- Wilson, Penelope (1991) A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu, Liverpool: University of Liverpool, page 8
