sfṯ
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See also: SFT
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /sɛfɛt͡ʃ/
- Conventional anglicization: sefetj
Noun
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- one of the seven sacred oils used in mortuary rituals, made from the resin of the ꜥš-tree
- the resin of the ꜥš-tree
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sfṯ
Descendants
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 118.11–118.16
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 225
- 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