šꜣqw
Egyptian
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Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ʃɑkuː/
- Conventional anglicization: shaqu
Noun
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- (plural only) rings or circles of metal used as jewelry; rings, earrings, bracelets [possibly attested in the Middle Kingdom; otherwise Late Egyptian to 25th Dynasty]
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šꜣqw
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šꜣ… | šꜣqw | šꜣqꜣ | šꜣqw | šꜣqw | šꜣqy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[Middle Kingdom] | [20th Dynasty] | [20th Dynasty] | [Late Egyptian] | [Late Egyptian] | [25th Dynasty] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
damaged and uncertain, from the Kahun Papyri | from Piye’s Victory Stele |
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 414.5–414.6
- Lesko, Leonard; Lesko, Barbara (2002) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, volume 2, second edition, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN, page 137