šꜣqw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɑkuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: shaqu

Noun

 m

1. (plural only) rings or circles of metal used as jewelry; rings, earrings, bracelets [possibly attested in the Middle Kingdom; otherwise Late Egyptian to 25th Dynasty]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šꜣqw  

šꜣ…	šꜣqw	šꜣqꜣ	šꜣqw	šꜣqw	šꜣqy
[Middle Kingdom]	[20th Dynasty]	[20th Dynasty]	[Late Egyptian]	[Late Egyptian]	[25th Dynasty]
damaged and uncertain, from the Kahun Papyri					from Piye’s Victory Stele

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 414.5–414.6
• Lesko, Leonard, Lesko, Barbara (2002) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, second edition, volume 2, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN, page 137