ꜣḫ-bjt

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜣḫ (“papyrus thicket”) +‎ bjt(j) (“king of Lower Egypt”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘papyrus thicket of the king of Lower Egypt’.

Pronunciation

Proper noun
 (originally) m or (later often) f (toponym)
  1. a mythological island, Chemmis, where Horus was said to have been reared in secret, most often identified with a lake site near Buto

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣḫ-bjt  


ꜣḫ-bjt ꜣḫ-bjt ꜣḫ-bjt ꜣḫ-bjt ꜣḫ-bjt
[New Kingdom]

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