dbḥt-ḥtp
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Egyptian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
dbḥt (“necessity”) + ḥtp (“offering”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘necessity of the offering’.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /dɛbhɛt hɛtɛp/
- Conventional anglicization: debhet-hetep
Noun[edit]
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- (uncountable) funerary meal offered to the dead [since the Old Kingdom]
- (uncountable) altar for food offerings to the dead [since the Old Kingdom]
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dbḥt-ḥtp
References[edit]
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 440–441.7
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 312