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
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kA
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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]
      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. (metonymically) Memphis, Egypt
    • c. 1351–1340 BCE, offering-list of Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten, lines 1–2:[2]
      [[G9Axt
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      Ha
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      im
      Axt
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      f
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      Swwra
      H_SPACE
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      t y
      ]]m[[i]]T
      n
      ra
      [[Hr]]Z1n
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      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 (ai-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.