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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Noun
m
- the Bennu or phoenix, a divine being and a bird into which the dead could transform.
c. 1478 BCE – 1397 BCE,
Book of the Dead of Nu (pLondon British Museum EA 10477) chapter 64, line 23:
- j(w)j.n.j m ḫm r jwnw r rḏj.t rḫ bnw ḫrt dwꜣt
- I have come from Letopolis to Heliopolis to let the phoenix know of the conditions of the Afterworld.
Inflection
Declension of bnw (masculine)
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Derived terms
Descendants
- →? Ancient Greek: φοῖνιξ (phoînix)
Noun
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- Alternative form of bnr (“date (fruit)”)
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