ṯztj
Appearance
Egyptian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ṯzt (“range of mountains or hills”) + -j (nisba ending).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛzti/
- Conventional anglicization: tjezti
Noun
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- one of the dead (literally ‘(inhabitant) of the (desert) hills’)
- c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 6:
- jmjw dwꜣt m sn-tꜣ ṯztjw m ksw
- Those in the afterworld kiss the earth, and those in the desert hills bow down.