msqt (“a mythological place of the dead”) + sḥdw, plural of sḥd (“star”), in a direct genitive construction.
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- a region of the sky to which a dead king was said to ascend, perhaps the Milky Way [Pyramid Texts]
- c. 2345-2333 B.C.E., Pyramid of King Teti, south wall of the passage between the burial chamber and antechamber, Pyramid Text spell 262, section 24 (trans. Allen):[1][2]
- nj ḫsb.n sw ꜥḥ-ḥḏ wrw jr msqt-sḥdw
- The White Palace of the great ones cannot bar him from the Beaten Path of Stars.
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of msqt-sḥdw
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msqt-sḥd
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msqt-sḥdw
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from the pyramid of King Unas
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from the pyramid of King Pepi II
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- ^ Allen, James (2013) A New Concordance of the Pyramid Texts, volume III, Providence: Brown University, PT 262.24 (Pyr. 334c), Teti
- ^ Allen, James (2005) The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, page 78