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Egyptian
Etymology
ksj (“to bow down”) + -w.
Pronunciation
Noun
m
- bowing, bow, obeisance
c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE,
Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 6:
- jmjw dwꜣt m sn-tꜣ ṯztjw m ksw
- Those in the afterworld kiss the earth, and those in the desert hills bow down (lit. are in bowing).
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ksw
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 140.1–140.11
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 287
