smr-ẖt
Egyptian edit
Etymology edit
smr (“royal friend, courtier”) + ẖt (“group of gods”), literally ‘companion of the group of gods (i.e. the Ennead)’.
Pronunciation edit
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /sɛmɛr çɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: semer-khet
Proper noun edit
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- A serekh name notably borne by Semerkhet, a pharaoh of the First Dynasty
References edit
- von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 47, 172
- Petrie, Flinders (1900) The royal tombs of the first dynasty, part I, plate XXVIII