ꜥꜣꜥ

ꜥꜣꜥ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːʔɑʔɑː/
  • Conventional anglicization: aaa

Noun

 m

1. (uncountable) strength, valor, potency [11th and 20th Dynasty]
   • c. 2100 BCE, Tomb of Ankhtifi, quoted in Gardiner 1948:

     nj pꜣ zp ḫpr ḏr rk rꜥ m ꜥꜣꜥ n(j) ⟨ḏꜣm n⟩ mḥ jb nḫt

     It has never happened since the time of Ra through the valor of the trusty victorious ⟨recruits⟩.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥꜣꜥ  

ꜥꜣꜥy	ꜥꜣꜥy	ꜥꜣꜥy	ꜥꜣꜥy	ꜥꜣꜥy
[20th Dynasty]	[20th Dynasty]	[20th Dynasty]	[20th Dynasty]	[20th Dynasty]

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 2.12
• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 38
• Gardiner, Alan (1948) “The First Two Pages of the Wörterbuch” in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 34, p. 17–18
• Lesko, Leonard; Lesko, Barbara (2002) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, volume 1, second edition, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN, page 1