m prwj

Egyptian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Prepositional phrase

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

Usage notes

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

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of m prwj  

m prwj

References

• 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