ḥtp ḏj
Egyptian
Etymology
ḥtp (“offering”) + ḏj (perfective relative form of rḏj), thus ‘an offering that … gives’.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /hɛtɛp d͡ʒi/
- Conventional anglicization: hetep dji
Phrase
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- conventionally used in the offering formula to introduce the name of a god whose local funerary establishment provides funerary gift(s) for the deceased
- as the introduction to the offering formula as a whole [Pyramid Texts and Old Kingdom]
- following the term ḥtp-ḏj-nswt at the start of the offering formula [Pyramid Texts to Middle Kingdom and rarely in the 18th and 26th Dynasties]
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 186, 188.1