nṯr-ꜥꜣ
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Egyptian
editEtymology
editnṯr (“god”) + ꜥꜣ (“great, elder”), thus (conventionally) ‘the great god’ or (more accurately) ‘the elder god’.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /nacaɾˈʕaʀ/ → /nataʔˈʕaʀ/ → /nətəˈʕaʔ/ → /nətəˈʕaʔ/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛt͡ʃɛr ɑːʔɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: netjer-aa
Proper noun
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- epithet for the dead former king, in contrast to nṯr-nfr for the currently living king
- epithet for the senior king in a coregency, in contrast to nṯr-nfr for the junior king
- a very common epithet of various gods, especially Osiris and Ra
- 12th Dynasty, Coffin of Nakht (PM 5999):[2]
- ḥtp ḏj nswt wsjr nb-ḏdw nṯr-ꜥꜣ nb-ꜣbḏw […]
- An offering given by the king and Osiris, the Lord of Djedu, the Elder God, the Lord of Abydos […]
- 12th Dynasty, Coffin of Nakht (PM 5999):[2]
Derived terms
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editReferences
edit- Allen, James Peter (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 62
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 365.
- Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 13, 35, 53, 56, 57
- ^ For the latter translation see Berlev, Oleg (2003) “Два Царя — Два Солнца: К мировоззрению древних египтян” and the translated version “Two kings – Two Suns: On the Worldview of the Ancient Egyptians” in Discovering Egypt from the Neva: the Egyptological Legacy of Oleg D. Berlev, edited by Quirke, Stepehen, Berlin: Achet-Verlag, pages 1–35
- ^ The Global Egyptian Museum (entry in German)