sṯ-ḥꜣb

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Egyptian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

sṯ (“scent”) +‎ ḥꜣb (“festival”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘scent of the festival’.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sTW4

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  1. one of the seven sacred oils used in mortuary rituals, made from a mixture of various seeds, flowers, and frankincense [end of the Third Dynasty to Ptolemaic Period]

Alternative forms[edit]

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sṯ-ḥꜣb  
sTHbO22W1
sṯ-ḥb

References[edit]

  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 350.7–350.11
  • Kapiec, Katarzyna (2018) “The Sacred Scents: Examining the Connection Between the ꜥntjw and sfṯ in the Context of the Early Eighteenth Dynasty Temples” in Études et Travaux XXXI, pages 195–217
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