basilophorous
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basilophorous (not comparable)
- Incorporating the king's name.
- 1981, Ernst Grumach, Kadmos - Volumes 20-22, page 151:
- Names of this sort, theophorous or basilophorous, were regularly given to foreigners residing in Egypt from the New Kingdom onwards, if not earlier; even Joseph was no exception.
- 2000, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology - Volume 86, page 78:
- That his basilophorous name was used generally only during Psammetichus II's reign is confirmed by the tomb of Horira himself, probably dating to Apries' years of rule;
- 2015, Peter Der Manuelian, Thomas Schneider, Towards a New History for the Egyptian Old Kingdom, →ISBN, page 128:
- A mason's graffito associated with workmen gangs whose basilophorous names contain the nomen of Mycerinus was found on a block which probably belonged to mastaba G.VI.S = M.VII.