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Egyptian
Etymology
jw (“island”) + n(j) (“of”) + ꜣmw (“burning”) + m (“in”) + sḫt (“field”) + sjsj (“fire”), thus literally ‘The Isle of Burning in the Field of Fire’.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
- a mythical region of the afterworld
c. 1478 BCE – 1397 BCE,
Book of the Dead of Nu (pLondon British Museum EA 10477) chapter 98, lines 6–8:
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- jj.n.k tnj ṯpn
jj.n.j m jw-n-ꜣmw-m-sḫt-sjsj
ꜥnḫ.k jr.f m mj m jw-n-ꜣmw-m-sḫt-sjsj
ꜥnḫ.j m ḫt pwy špsj - Where have you come from, Tepen?
I have come from the Isle of Burning in the Field of Fire.
So what do you live on in the Isle of Burning in the Field of Fire?
I live on this noble tree.
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jw-n-ꜣmw-m-sḫt-sjsj
References
- ^ Budge, E. A. Wallis (1898) The Chapters of Coming Forth by Day, page 203
