ꜥntjw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːntiuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: antiu

Noun

 m

1. myrrh

Usage notes

This term has sometimes been identified with frankincense instead of myrrh. It seems likely that the Egyptians themselves did not clearly distinguish between the two.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥntjw  

ꜥntjw

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 129, 343.
• 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