ḥtp ḏj nswt

Egyptian

Etymology

ḥtp (“offering”) +‎ ḏj (perfective relative form of rḏj) +‎ nswt (“king”), thus ‘an offering that the king gives’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation
  • (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /hɛtɛp d͡ʒi nɛsuːt/
    • Conventional anglicization: hetep dji nesut

Noun
swt
Htp		 X8

 m

  1. a funerary gift authorized by the king, generally not given by the king personally but by a local funerary establishment under the patronage of a particular god; a royal offering
    • 12th Dynasty, Coffin of Nakht (PM 5999):[1]
      swt
      Htp      		 diir
      st      		 A40nbDdd
      O49      		 wnTrO29VnbAbbDw
      O49
      ḥtp ḏj nswt wsjr nb-ḏdw nṯr-ꜥꜣ nb-ꜣbḏw […]
      An offering given by the king and Osiris, the Lord of Djedu, the Elder God, the Lord of Abydos […]

Usage notes

The name of the god under whose patronage the offering is made usually follows ḥtp ḏj nswt, either in a direct or indirect genitive construction or introduced by jn. Occasionally it instead replaces nswt.

Inflection
Declension of ḥtp ḏj nswt (masculine)
singular ḥtp ḏj nswt
dual ḥtpwj ḏjwj nswt
plural ḥtpw ḏjw nswt

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥtp ḏj nswt  
swX8t
Htp
ḥtp ḏj nswt

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 365-366.
  1. The Global Egyptian Museum (entry in German)
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