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ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ

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Egyptian

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FWOTD – 8 August 2018

Etymology

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    From ḥwt (“enclosure”) +‎ kꜣ (“ka”) +‎ ptḥ (“Ptah”) with direct genitive constructions, thus literally ‘house of the ka of Ptah’.

    Pronunciation

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    • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ħawitˌkuʀpiˈtaħ/ → /ħajiʔˌkuʀpiˈtaħ/ → /ħəjəˌkujpəˈtaħ/ → /ħəjˌkojpəˈtaħ/

    Proper noun

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    Hwtt
    O1    		 kA
    Z1    		 p
    t    		 HA40

     f

    1. The temple of the ka of Ptah in Memphis, Egypt
      • c. 725 BCE, Victory Stela of Piye (Cairo JE 48862), line 97:[1]
        d
        r        		 pW16DADAnw
        t        		 M22A40
        Z2        		 p
        t        		 HHwtt
        pr        		 kAniwt
        drp ḏꜣḏꜣt ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ
        presenting an offering to the assembly (of gods) of the temple of Ptah
    2. (metonymic) Memphis, Egypt
      • c. 1351–1340 BCE, offering-list of Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten, lines 1–2:[2]
        [[G9Axt
        Axt        		 Ha
        y
        Y1        		 im
        Axt        		 imr
        n        		 f
        im        		 Swwra
        H_SPACE        		 n
        t y        		 ]]m[[i]]T
        n
        ra        		 [[Hr]]Z1n
        A        		 nR1t
        Z2ss        		 ra
        H_SPACE        		 A40SAma
        Y1
        [[p
        t        		 H]]Hwtt
        pr        		 kA Z1
        niwt        		 nfrf
        r        		 i i
        t        		 Y1
        r        		 zmAAY1
        n        		 bHD&t niwt
        [rꜥ-ḥr-ꜣḫtj-ḥꜥ-m-ꜣḫt-m-rn.f-m-šw-ntj]-m-[j]ṯn [ḥr] nꜣ n(j) ḫꜣwt rꜥ šꜣ(ꜥ)-m ḥwt-kꜣ-[ptḥ] nfryt-r zmꜣ-n-bḥḏt
        [Ra-Horakhty-who-rejoices-on-the-horizon-in-his-name-of-Light]-in-the-Sun-Disk is [upon] the altars of Ra from Memphis all the way to Zema-Behdet.
      • 19th Dynasty, Papyrus Sallier IV (British Museum EA 10184) verso (A Letter Concerning the Wonders of Memphis), 1.3, 2.1:[3]
        ma
        k        		 y
        Y1        		 HrZ1D&d
        n        		 p
        t        		 HG7aA
        Y1        		 rswy
        N23 Z1        		 inb
        f        		 nbG7anxn
        x        		 G7tA
        tA
        N23 N23
        nsxmx
        t H8        		 I12aA
        t Y1        		 U7
        r        		 iiA2p
        t        		 HG7[[…]]
        nswt
        n        		 iiG7Z3Abit
        t Z5        		 W23
        Z2ss        		 n
        t y        		 imim
        y        		 wr
        r        		 t
        pr        		 n
        t y        		 HrZ1imntt N23
        n        		 Hwtt
        pr        		 kAZ1p
        t        		 HG7
        m.k ḥr ḏd n ptḥ ꜥꜣ rs(j)-jnb.f nb ꜥnḫ-tꜣwj n sḫmt ꜥꜣt mry(t) ptḥ […] n nswtyw-bjtjw ntj jmj-wrt ntj ḥr jmnt n(j) ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ […]
        Look, (I) pray to Ptah the Great, He-Who-is-South-of-His-Wall, the lord of the life of the Two Lands, to Sekhmet the Great, beloved of Ptah, […] to the Dual Kings of Egypt who are in the West [i.e. the afterworld], who are to the west of Memphis […]

    Descendants

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    • → Akkadian: 𒄭𒆪𒌒𒋫𒀪 (ḫi-ku-up-ta-aḫ /⁠ḫikuptaḫ⁠/)
    • → Ancient Greek: Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Mycenaean Greek: 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (a3-ku-pi-ti-jo)
    • → Ugaritic: 𐎈𐎋𐎔𐎚 (ḥkpt /⁠ḥikupta⁠/)

    References

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    1. ^ Schäfer, Heinrich (1905–1908) Urkunden des ägyptischen Altertums III: Urkunden der älteren Äthiopenkönige, Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, page 35
    2. ^ Saad, Ramadan and Manniche, Lise (1971) “A unique offering list of Amenophis IV recently found at Karnak” in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, vol. 57, pages 70–72.
    3. ^ Gardiner, Alan (1937) Late-Egyptian Miscellanies, page 89.
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