m prwj

Egyptian edit

Etymology edit

m (“in”) +‎ prwj (“two houses, two estates”), thus ‘in the two houses’.

Pronunciation edit

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛm pɛruːi/
- Conventional anglicization: em perwi

Prepositional phrase edit

an element appended to various official titles [Old and Middle Kingdoms]

Usage notes edit

Mistakenly interpreted as a separate title *jmj-prwj (“member of the administration”) in earlier Egyptological sources; in actuality this phrase is always found as an adjunct to a preceding title.

Alternative forms edit

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of m prwj

m prwj

References edit

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 74.6, 514.8–514.9
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 89