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Egyptian
Etymology
zpwj, dual of zp (“time, occasion”), + snwj (“two”).
Pronunciation
Noun
m du
- two times, twice
Iteration mark
m du
- An iteration mark denoting the repetition of the previous word, words or glyph.
Usage notes
Readings of this term vary. Edel gives it as zpwj snwj, with the constituents agreeing in dual number, and Loprieno suggests the same (“It is clear, however, that ‘1’ and ‘2’ were adjectives following the noun they modify (in the singular or the dual)”).[1][2] Some other authors read zp snwj, with zp in the singular. Rarely both parts are given without dual endings, as in Hoch’s rendition sp sn.[3] Perhaps the most common practice is to simply render it zp 2, directly following the glyphs, and so remaining agnostic on how it is to be read; this is done, for example, by Allen and the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae.
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zpwj snwj
References
- “zp-2 (lemma ID 136211)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae, Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 436.8, 437.1–437.10
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 221
- James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 104.
- ^ Edel, Elmar (1955) Altägyptische Grammatik I, § 288
- ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
- ^ Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 83
