wꜣyšꜣtjsꜣpy

wꜣyšꜣtjsꜣpy

Egyptian

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱 (Vištāspa).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɑiːʃɑtisɑpiː/
  • Conventional anglicization: wayshatisapy

Proper noun

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1. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by the Achaemenid satrap Hystaspes
   • c. 522–486 B.C.E., Tell el-Maskhuta stela of Darius I (Cairo JE 48855), lines 4–5:[1]

     jnṯrwjwꜣšꜣ ꜥnḫ ḏt pꜣ ꜥꜣ pꜣ wr n(j) nꜣ wrw pꜣ [… wꜣy]šꜣtjsꜣpy jꜣḫmjnš

     Darius, alive forever, the great one, the king of kings, the [… son of Hy]staspes the Achaemenid

References

1. Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Egypte: recueil d'inscriptions hiéroglyphiques, pp. 55, 59