msqt-sḥdw
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Egyptian
Etymology
msqt (“a mythological place of the dead”) + sḥdw, plural of sḥd (“star”), in a direct genitive construction.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛskɛt sɛhɛduː/
- Conventional anglicization: mesqet-sehedu
Proper noun
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- a region of the sky to which a dead king was said to ascend, perhaps the Milky Way
- c. 2345-2333 B.C.E., Pyramid of King Teti, south wall of the passage between the burial chamber and antechamber, Pyramid Text spell 262, section 24 (trans. Allen):
- nj ḫsb.n sw ꜥḥ-ḥḏ wrw jr msqt-sḥdw
- The White Palace of the great ones cannot bar him from the Beaten Path of Stars.
- c. 2345-2333 B.C.E., Pyramid of King Teti, south wall of the passage between the burial chamber and antechamber, Pyramid Text spell 262, section 24 (trans. Allen):
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of msqt-sḥdw
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| from the pyramid of King Unas | from the pyramid of King Pepi II |
References
- James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 21–22.
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
- ^ Allen, James (2013) A New Concordance of the Pyramid Texts, volume III, Providence: Brown University, PT 262.24 (Pyr. 334c), Teti
- ^ Allen, James (2005) The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, page 78