mdw šps

Egyptian

Etymology

mdw (“staff”) +‎ šps (“noble, august”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛduː ʃɛpɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: medu shepes

Noun

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1. (with following indirect genitive of name of a god) sacred staff revered as a symbol or scepter of a particular god, often bearing the head of that god [chiefly Greco-Roman Period]

   Synonym: mdw

Inflection

Declension of mdw šps (masculine)

singular	mdw šps
dual	mdwwj špswj
plural	mdww špsw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mdw šps  

mdw špsj	mdw šps
	[Greco-Roman Period]

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[2], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 178.8