sḫm-ꜥnḫ-jmn

Egyptian

Etymology

sḫm (“power, cult image, incarnation”) +‎ ꜥnḫ (“living”) +‎ jmn (“Amun”), thus ‘living image of Amun’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛxɛm ɑːnx imɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: sekhem-ankh-amen

Proper noun

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1. epithet used as part of the name of various Ptolemaic pharaohs

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sḫm-ꜥnḫ-jmn  

sḫm-ꜥnḫ-nw-jmn

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: εἰκὼν ζῶσα τοῦ Διός (eikṑn zôsa toû Diós) (calque)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volumes 245.1–245.2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN