msn
See also: MSN
Egyptian
Etymology
Related to msnw (“harpooner”); the toponym is closely connected since the earliest times with Horus in his role as harpooner of enemies.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛsɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: mesen
Proper noun
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m./f. topo.
- a toponym of ambiguous signification commonly found associated with Horus as part of his epithet nb msn; it may refer to any or all of the following:
- a settlement near or identical to Tjaru in Lower Egypt
- the city of Edfu in Upper Egypt
- Synonyms: bḥdt, ḏbꜣ
- (possibly) the city of Buto (Pe) in Lower Egypt
- Synonym: p
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of msn
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Derived terms
- p-msn
- msn jmntj
- msn jꜣbtj
- nb msn
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 145.2
- Shonkwiler, Randy L. (2014) The Behdetite: A Study of Horus the Behdetite from the Old Kingdom to the Conquest of Alexander, page 314 et seq.
- Gardiner, Alan (1944) “Horus the Beḥdetite” in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, volume 30, page 26