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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Noun
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- fine red linen
c. 2289 BCE – 2255 BCE,
Pyramid Texts of Pepi I — west wall of the vestibule, line 62–63, spell 576.24–576.27:
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- ppy pw wꜥ m (j)fd(w) jpw nṯrw msw gbb ḫnzjw šmꜥ ḫnzjw tꜣ ꜥḥꜥw ḥr ḏꜥmw.sn wrḥw ḥꜣtt wnḫw m jdmj ꜥnḫyw m dꜣb zwrjw jrp
- Pepi is one of these four gods whom Geb bore, who traverse Upper Egypt, who traverse the land of , who stand at their electrum scepters, who are anointed with the best oil, who are clothed in fine linen, who live on figs, who drink wine.
- 6th Dynasty, Giza, Western Cemetery, Shaft G 2188 Y, Block of sunk relief inscription mentioning the dog Abutiu (35-10-22/Cairo JE 67573), lines 3–6:[3]
- wḏ ḥm.f qrs.f rḏj n.f qrst m prwj-ḥḏ (j)dmj ꜥꜣ wrt nṯr
- His Majesty commanded that he be buried, that he be given a burial from the two treasuries and very much fine linen and incense.
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Derived terms
Descendants
- → Hebrew: אֵטוּן (ʾēṭūn)
- → Ancient Greek: ὀθόνη (othónē) (or via another Semitic language)
References
- ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 245
- ^ Allen, James (2013) A New Concordance of the Pyramid Texts, volume V, Providence: Brown University, PT 576.24–576.27 (Pyr. 1510a–1511b), P
- ^ Reisner, George A. (1936) “The Dog which was Honored by the King of Upper and Lower Egypt” in Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, volume XXXIV, number 206, pages 96–99