jdmj
Egyptian
FWOTD – 18 May 2019
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /jVˈtʼuːmVj/ → /jVˈtʼuːmVj/ → /ʔəˈtʼeːm/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /idmi/
- Conventional anglicization: idmi
Noun
m
- fine red linen
- c. 2289 BCE – 2255 BCE, Pyramid Texts of Pepi I — west wall of the vestibule, line 62–63, spell 576.24–576.27:[2]
- ppy pw wꜥ m (j)fd(w) jpw nṯrw msw gbb ḫnzjw šmꜥ ḫnzjw tꜣ [mḥw] ꜥḥꜥw ḥr ḏꜥmw.sn wrḥw ḥꜣtt wnḫw m jdmj ꜥnḫyw m dꜣb zwrjw jrp
- Pepi is one of these four gods whom Geb bore, who traverse Upper Egypt, who traverse the land of [Lower Egypt], who stand at their electrum scepters, who are anointed with the best oil, who are clothed in fine linen, who live on figs, who drink wine.
- 6th Dynasty, Giza, Western Cemetery, Shaft G 2188 Y, Block of sunk relief inscription mentioning the dog Abutiu (35-10-22/Cairo JE 67573), lines 3–6:[3]
- wḏ ḥm.f qrs.f rḏj n.f qrst m prwj-ḥḏ (j)dmj ꜥꜣ wrt [s]nṯr
- His Majesty commanded that he be buried, that he be given a burial from the two treasuries and very much fine linen and incense.
Inflection
Declension of jdmj (masculine)
singular | jdmj |
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dual | jdmjwj |
plural | jdmjw |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jdmj
dmj | dmj | jdm | jdmj | jdmj | jdmj | jdmj | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[Old Kingdom] | [Old Kingdom] | [Old Kingdom] | [Old Kingdom] | [New Kingdom] | [Greco-Roman Period] | [Greco-Roman Period] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
abbreviation | abbreviation |
Derived terms
- jdmjt
Descendants
- → Hebrew: אֵטוּן (ʾēṭūn)
- → Ancient Greek: ὀθόνη (othónē) (or via another Semitic language)
- Greek: οθόνη (othóni)
- → Ancient Greek: ὀθόνη (othónē) (or via another Semitic language)
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 153.14–153.16
- Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 245
- Allen, James (2013) A New Concordance of the Pyramid Texts, volume V, Providence: Brown University, PT 576.24–576.27 (Pyr. 1510a–1511b), P
- Reisner, George A. (1936) “The Dog which was Honored by the King of Upper and Lower Egypt” in Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, volume XXXIV, number 206, pages 96–99