nṯrwj

Egyptian

Etymology

nṯr (“god”) +‎ -wj (dual ending).

Pronunciation

Proper noun
nTrnTr

 m du

  1. Horus and Set
  2. Shu and Tefnut

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nṯrwj  
nTrw&y
nṯrwj

Proper noun
G266B

 m du

  1. the fifth nome of Upper Egypt, centered at Coptos and also containing Dendera and Naqada

Usage notes

The reading of this term is disputed; some have proposed ḥrwj instead.

References
  • “nṯr.wj (lemma ID 851539)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎, Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
  • “nṯr.wj (lemma ID 850442)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎, Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 360.2–360.4
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