nb-nswt-tꜣwj
Egyptian
Etymology
nb (“lord”) + nswt (plural of nst (“throne”)) + tꜣwj (“the Two Lands, Egypt”), thus literally ‘Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands’.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛb nɛsuːt tɑuːi/
- Conventional anglicization: neb-nesut-tawi
Proper noun
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- an epithet of the god Amun-Ra as the source of the pharaoh’s authority
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nb-nswt-tꜣwj
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References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 187.