jtrw

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Egyptian

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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wmw

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  1. river
  2. The Nile River.
    Synonym: ḥꜥpj

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Noun

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  1. a schene, a measure of length equivalent to 20,000 mḥw (cubits) (about 10.5 kilometres or 6.5 miles).
    • c. 1401 BCE, Amduat of Amenhotep II (tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35) First Hour, introduction, right parallel, line 10, upper and lower divisions:
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      št-mḏwtj jtrw ⟨pḥrt ꜥrr(w)t tn⟩ n(j) sprt wjꜣ dwꜣtjw
      Running to this gateway takes a hundred and twenty schenes before the barque reaches the afterworlders.

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References

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  1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 47
  2. ^ Iaruʾu”, in The Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period[1], (Can we date this quote?)