ḫrpw
Egyptian
editPronunciation
edit- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɛrpuː/
- Conventional anglicization: kherpu
Noun
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- wooden mallet for hammering in a mooring post [Middle Kingdom literature and Book of the Dead]
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 3–5:
- šzp ḫrpw ḥw mjnt ḥꜣtt rḏj.t(j) ḥr tꜣ
- The mallet has been taken, the mooring post has been struck, and the prow rope is set on land.
Inflection
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editAlternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫrpw
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References
edit- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 326.7