Egyptian
Etymology
Possibly from nšm (“to cut”) + -t.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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- neshmet-barque, the sacred barque in which (the image of) Osiris was carried in procession during his festival at Abydos
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nšmt
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 339.15–339.17
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962), A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 140