wr-ḫrp-ḥmwt

Egyptian

Etymology

wr (“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

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛr xɛrɛp ħɛmuːt/
- Conventional anglicization: wer-kherep-hemut

Noun

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the high priest of Ptah at Memphis

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 176.