ḥꜣb-zkr
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Egyptian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ḥꜣb (“festival”) + zkr (“Sokar”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘Festival of Sokar’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /hɑb zɛkɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: hab-zeker
Proper noun[edit]
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- the Festival of Sokar, a festival consisting of the dragging of the Sokar-bark and a procession called pẖr ḥꜣ jnbw (“circling around the walls”), celebrated on the 25th (later 26th) of Choiak
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥꜣb-zkr
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References[edit]
- Helck, Wolfgang, Westendorf, Wolfhart (1977) Lexikon der Ägyptologie, volumes 2: Erntefest – Hordjedef, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, pages 175–176