ꜥẖmw nw ꜣḫt

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜥẖmw (“falcons, cultic images”) +‎ nw (“of”) +‎ ꜣḫt (“place of sunrise”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːçmuː nuː ɑxɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: akhmu nu akhet

Noun

 m pl

1. (plural only, hapax) Some sort of images found in a royal morning audience hall. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. sacred images, cultic images
   2. paintings of animals and plants reacting to the rising of the sun
   • c. 1859 BCE – 1840 BCE, The Story of Sinuhe, version B (pBerlin 3022 and pAmherst n-q) line 286–287:

     rdj.kw r pr zꜣ-nswt špssw jm.f sqbbwj jm.f ꜥẖmw nw ꜣḫt […]

     I was put in a prince’s house with finery in it, a room of refreshment in it, and cultic images of the Akhet, […]

References

• Allen, James Peter (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 147–148
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 5