ḥr-ꜣḫtj

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Egyptian

Etymology

ḥr (Horus) +‎ ꜣḫtj (of the Akhet). Later, in the New Kingdom, ꜣḫtj was reinterpreted as the dual of ꜣḫt (Akhet) instead of a nisba adjective derived from it, rendering a new interpretation of ḥr-ꜣḫtj as a direct genitive construction meaning ‘Horus of the Two Akhets’.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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  1. an aspect of the god Horus as the sun at dawn

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References

  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 149.