Related to ꜣḫ (“akh”).
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- Akhet; the region in the sky in which the sun tarries just before it rises (later also the region in which it tarries just after it sets), giving rise to the twilight
- (figuratively) royal tomb
Often conventionally, but misleadingly, translated as horizon.
Declension of ꜣḫt (feminine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣḫt
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From jꜣḫj (“to be inundated”).
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- inundation season; the first of the three Egyptian seasons, spanning from July to November.
Declension of ꜣḫt (feminine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣḫt
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From ꜣḫ (“to be effective, to be useful”) + -t.
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- something beneficial or useful
- c. 1477 BCE, Year 2 inscription of Thutmose III on the eastern outer wall of the oldest part of the temple of Semne, line 4:[1]
- zꜣ nḏ.tj jr.f ꜣḫt n jtw.f twt(w) sw
- A solicitous son does good for his fathers who formed him
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣḫt
From jꜣḫ (“to shine”) + -t.
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- flame, fire [Book of the Dead to Greco-Roman Period]
Declension of ꜣḫt (feminine)
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- sacred eye of a god
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣḫt
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- uraeus
Declension of ꜣḫt (feminine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣḫt
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- arable land [New Kingdom to Greco-Roman Period]
c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE,
Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 20:
- nprj dj.f sm(w).f nb ḏf(ꜣ) n(j) ꜣḫt bs.f ssꜣw dj.f sw m tꜣw nb(w)
- Nepri gives all his plants, the provisions of the field, bringing forth satiety and giving it to all lands.
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣḫt
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 13.2, 15.10–15.16, 16.15–17.9, 17.12–17.23, 18.9–18.10, 18.12–18.13, 18.15
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 4–5
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 22, 107, 296.
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, pages 136, 242
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 289
