bḥdt
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /bɛħdɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: behdet
Proper noun
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- the city of Edfu in Upper Egypt [since the end of the 12th Dynasty]
- Synonyms: ḏbꜣ, msn
- the city of Semabehdet (Tell el-Balamun) in Lower Egypt
- the 17th nome of Lower Egypt, with its capital at Semabehdet (Tell el-Balamun)
Usage notes
Formerly, bḥdt was also conjectured to refer to the city of Damanhur in Lower Egypt, but this identification is no longer accepted.
Derived terms
- bḥdtj
- bḥdt jꜣbtt
- bḥdt mḥt
- ḥr-bḥdtj
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 470.6–470.8
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 84
- Gardiner, Alan (1944) “Horus the Beḥdetite” in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, volume 30, page 23 et seq.