nb-pt
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Egyptian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
nb (“lord”) + pt (“sky”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘lord of the sky’.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛb pɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: neb-pet
Proper noun[edit]
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- a very common epithet of various gods, originally of Horus of Behdet and Ra
- an epithet for a dead king
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nb-pt
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References[edit]
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 490.14–490.16
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 128