sṯ-ḥꜣb

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Egyptian

Etymology

sṯ (“scent”) +‎ ḥꜣb (“festival”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘scent of the festival’.

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. one of the seven sacred oils used in mortuary rituals, made from a mixture of various seeds, flowers, and frankincense

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sṯ-ḥꜣb  
sTHbO22W1
sṯ-ḥb

References

  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 350.7–350.11
  • Kapiec, Katarzyna (2018) “The Sacred Scents: Examining the Connection Between the ꜥntjw and sfṯ in the Context of the Early Eighteenth Dynasty Temples” in Études et Travaux XXXI, pages 195–217
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