ꜣpḥ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑpɛh/
  • Conventional anglicization: apeh

Noun

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1. (hapax) A kind of animal given as an offering. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: [19th Dynasty]
   1. Alternative form of jpḥ (“piglet”)
   2. Misspelling of ꜣpd (“waterfowl”).
   • c. 1295 BCE – 1186 BCE, The Admonitions of Ipuwer (pLeiden I 344 Recto) 8,12–8.13:

     m.tn ḥmwt […] ḥr wdnw ꜣpḥw

     Behold, maidservants […] are offering up piglets^?/waterfowl^?.

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 9.4