sšmw
Egyptian
editEtymology
editsšmj (“to lead, to guide”) + -w.
Pronunciation
edit- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /sɛʃmuː/
- Conventional anglicization: seshmu
Noun
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- cultic image of a god and his sacred barque
- image of a god in general
- earthly visible form of a god (in contrast to the ba)
Inflection
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editAlternative hieroglyphic writings of sšmw
References
edit- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 291.6–291.16
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 248