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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Noun
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- (uncountable) roaring sound (of lions, thunder, etc.)
- (uncountable) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
- c. 1450 BCE, The Poetical Stela of Thutmose III: Part I, Cairo Museum 34010:[1]
- dj(.j) hmhmt ḥm.k ḫt psḏt pḏt
- I made the war-cry of Your Majesty throughout the Nine Bows.
- battle cry, particularly of the king or a god
- fame, renown, particularly of the king or a god
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of hmhmt
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 490.9–490.17
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 158
- Spiegel, Joachim (1957) “Der „Ruf“ Des Königs” in Wiener Zeitschrift Für Die Kunde Des Morgenlandes, volume 54, pages 191–203.
