ẖrj-tp-nswt

Egyptian

Etymology

ẖrj (“lying under”) +‎ tp (“head”) +‎ nswt (“king”), thus literally ‘(one) under the head of the king’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /çɛri tɛp nɛsuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: kheri-tep-nesut

Noun

 m

1. an Old Kingdom title, sometimes rendered royal chamberlain

Inflection

Declension of ẖrj-tp-nswt (masculine)

singular	ẖrj-tp-nswt
dual	ẖrjwj-tp-nswt
plural	ẖrjw-tp-nswt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ẖrj-tp-nswt  

ẖrj-tp-nswt	ẖrj-tp-nswt

References

• Jones, Dilwyn (2000) An Index of Ancient Egyptian Titles, Epithets and Phrases of the Old Kingdom (BAR International Series; 866 (I-II)), volume I-II, Oxford: Archaeopress, →ISBN, § 2874, page 788
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 396.2
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 204