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ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ

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Egyptian

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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

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    1. The temple of the ka of Ptah in Memphis, Egypt
      • c. 725 BCE, Victory Stela of Piye (Cairo JE 48862), line 97:[1]
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        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
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        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.