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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Noun
f
- gate
c. 1401 BCE,
Amduat of Amenhotep II (tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35) First Hour, closing text, line 1:
- ꜥḥꜥ jn ḥm n(j) nṯr pn m ḫt ḥtp.f r ꜥrr(w)t tn
wḏ mdw n nn nṯrw jm(j)w.s
wn n.j sbꜣw.ṯn
snš n.j ꜥrrwyt.ṯn - Halting by the majesty of this god (Ra) after he comes to rest at this gateway.
Commanding to these gods who are in it:
Open your doors to me!
Unstop your gates for me!
- doorleaf
- hall of administration or judgement
Inflection
Declension of ꜥrrwt (feminine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥrrwt
With single r:
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥrrwt
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 209.1–209.14, 210.12–210.17, 211.8–211.14
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 45
- James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 458.