jꜥj nbw

Egyptian

Etymology

jꜥj (“to wash”) +‎ nbw (“gold”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iɑːi nɛbuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: iai nebu

Verb

 compound

1. to separate the heavier gold out from lighter gangue by the action of flowing water; to wash gold
   • c. 1878–1843 BCE (reign of Amenemhat II), Stela of Sa-Hathor (British Museum EA 569), right door jamb, column 1:

     jr.n.j bjꜣ m nḫnt(.j) dꜣjr.n.j wrw r jꜥt nbw

     I prepared a mine in my youth, and I pressed the chieftains into washing gold.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜥj nbw  

jꜥj nbw

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 39.17
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 10