gs-tp

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Egyptian

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Etymology

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gs (half, side) +‎ tp (head) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘half of the head’ or ‘side of the head’.

Pronunciation

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  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˌkʼasˈtʼap//ˌkʼasˈtʼap//kʼəsˈtʼap//kʼəsˈtʼap/

Noun

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Aa16
Z1
tp
Z1
F51

 m

  1. migraine headache
    • c. 1550 BCE, Ebers Papyrus, lines 47.14–47.15 (Eb 250):[1]
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      Z2
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      n
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      K5
      z
      n
      U19
      nw W
      xQ7HrZ1U7
      r
      HtW22
      Z2ss
      gs
      z
      A24tpZ1imr
      ra
      Z1Z1Z1Z1
      kt nt mrt m gs-tp ḏnnt nt nꜥr snwḫ ḥr mrḥt gs tp jm r jfdw hrw
      Another [remedy] for pain in a migraine: the skull of a catfish, boiled in oil/fat. Anoint the head in it over the course of four days.

Descendants

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References

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  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 164
  1. ^ Wreszinski, Walter (1913) Der Papyrus Ebers: Umschrift, Übersetzung und Kommentar (volume III of Die Medizin der alten Ägypter), Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, page 74