mry-rꜥ
Egyptian
Etymology
mry (perfective relative form of mrj) + rꜥ (“Ra”), literally ‘(one) whom Ra loves’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛriː rɑː/
- Conventional anglicization: mery-ra
Proper noun
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- A throne name notably borne by Pepi I Meryre, a pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty
- a male given name, Meryre, Merire, or Meryra
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mry-rꜥ
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References
- Leprohon, Ronald (2013), Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 42
- von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, page 56–57, 184
- Sethe, Kurt (1908) Die Altaegyptischen Pyramidentexte nach den Papierabdrücken und Photographien des Berliner Museums, Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, volume 1, page XII
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 364.