ꜥntjw
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɑːntiuː/
- Conventional anglicization: antiu
Usage notes
This term has sometimes been identified with frankincense instead of myrrh. It seems likely that the Egyptians themselves did not clearly distinguish between the two.
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥntjw
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 129, 343.
- Kapiec, Katarzyna (2018) “The Sacred Scents: Examining the Connection Between the ꜥntjw and sfṯ in the Context of the Early Eighteenth Dynasty Temples” in Études et Travaux XXXI, pages 195–217
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