psmṯk

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Egyptian

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Etymology

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Uncertain; one possible derivation, based on the attested longer form pꜣ-zꜣ-n-mṯk, is p(ꜣ) (the) +‎ z(ꜣ) (man) +‎ n(j) (of) +‎ mṯk (the Libyan deity Meṯek), thus ‘the man of Meṯek’.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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psmT
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  1. a male given name, Psamtik

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References

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  • Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, pages 165–167
  • von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 111–112, 274–276
  • Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen[2], volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 136.8
  1. ^ Ray, J. D. (1990) “The names Psammetichus and Takheta”, in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology[1], volume 76, →DOI, →JSTOR, retrieved 19 August 2022, pages 196–199