znmwt
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /zɛnmuːt/
- Conventional anglicization: zenmut
Proper noun
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- Bigeh, an island at the first cataract of the Nile where Osiris was said to be buried
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 8–10:
- pḥ.n.n pḥwj wꜣwꜣt zn.n.n znmwt
- We have reached the end of Lower Nubia, and we have passed by Bigeh.
References
- Helck, Wolfgang; Otto, Eberhard (1975) Lexikon der Ägyptologie, volume 1: A – Ernte, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 792