ꜣbt

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑbɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: abet

Related to ꜣbw (“to brand”).

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1. brand, branding iron [Pyramid Texts to 12th Dynasty]

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1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. [Old Kingdom]

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1. an Abydene reliquary for the head of Osiris: the object depicted by the hieroglyph .

The proper reading of this word is uncertain. Perhaps it is to be identified with the toponym ꜣbḏw (“Abydos”).

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1. Alternative form of ꜣbwt (“family”)

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 7.9–7.10
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 2
• Wilson, Penelope (1991) A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu, Liverpool: University of Liverpool, page 11