msn

See also: MSN

Egyptian

Etymology

Related to msnw (“harpooner”); the toponym is closely connected since the earliest times with Horus in his role as harpooner of enemies.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛsɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: mesen

Proper noun

  m./f. topo.

1. a toponym of ambiguous signification commonly found associated with Horus as part of his epithet nb-msn; it may refer to any or all of the following:
2. a settlement near or identical to Tjaru in Lower Egypt
3. the city of Edfu in Upper Egypt

   Synonyms: bḥdt, ḏbꜣ

4. (possibly) the city of Buto (Pe) in Lower Egypt

   Synonym: p

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of msn  

msn	msnt	msnt
[New Kingdom]	[Greco-Roman Period]	[Greco-Roman Period]

Derived terms

• p-msn
• msn jmntj
• msn jꜣbtj
• nb-msn

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 145.2
• Shonkwiler, Randy L. (2014) The Behdetite: A Study of Horus the Behdetite from the Old Kingdom to the Conquest of Alexander, page 314 et seq.
• Gardiner, Alan (1944) “Horus the Beḥdetite” in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, volume 30, page 26