ꜣpḥ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. (hapax legomenon) A kind of animal given as an offering. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: [19th Dynasty]
    1. alternative form of jpḥ (“piglet”)
    2. misspelling of ꜣpd (“waterfowl”)
    • c. 1295 BCE – 1186 BCE, The Admonitions of Ipuwer (pLeiden I 344 Recto) 8,12–8.13:[1][2]



      m.tn ḥmwt […] ḥr wdnw ꜣpḥw
      Behold, maidservants […] are offering up piglets?/waterfowl?.

References

  1. ^ Gardiner, Alan (1909) The Admonitions of an Egyptian Sage from a Hieratic Papyrus in Leiden (Pap. Leiden 344 recto), page 65
  2. ^ Helck, Wolfgang (1995) Die „Admonitions“: Pap. Leiden I 344 Recto, pages 40, 71
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