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Egyptian
Etymology
wr (“great”) + mꜣw (“seers”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘great(est) of the seers’.
Pronunciation
Noun
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- the title of the high priest of Heliopolis
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wr-mꜣw
References
- James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 346.
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 142
