wr-ḫrp-ḥmwt
Egyptian
editEtymology
editwr (“great”) + ḫrp (“(those) directing”) + ḥmwt (“craftsmanship”), with the first two elements in a direct genitive construction indicating the superlative, thus meaning “the greatest of the directors of craftsmanship”.
Pronunciation
edit- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /wɛr xɛrɛp hɛmuːt/
- Conventional anglicization: wer-kherep-hemut
Noun
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- the high priest of Ptah at Memphis
References
edit- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 176.