Two Ladies name

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Etymology

Two Ladies +‎ name, where Two Ladies refers to the word nbtj that traditionally precedes the name.

Noun

Two Ladies name (plural Two Ladies names)

  1. (historical) The second of the five names of the pharaonic titulary, traditionally preceded by or incorporating the word nbtj.
    • 1989, Daphna Ben-Tor, The scarab: a reflection of ancient Egypt, page 15:
      The Two Ladies name (nebty) identifies the king with the vulture goddess Nekhbet and the cobra goddess Wadjet, representing Upper and Lower Egypt respectively.
    • 1990, Stephen Quirke, Who Were the Pharaohs?: A History of Their Names with a List of Cartouches, page 29:
      The fourth king of the line, Senusret II, held a Two Ladies name in which for the first time the Two Ladies cannot be part of the name and must then be a title.
    • 2013, Ronald J. Leprohon, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, page 27:
      Some of the kings repeated part of their Horus name in their Two Ladies name, indicating that, at this time, the titulary essentially remained an elaboration of a single concept.

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