nb-nswt-tꜣwj

Egyptian

Etymology

nb (“lord”) +‎ nswt (plural of nst (“throne”)) +‎ tꜣwj (“the Two Lands, Egypt”), thus literally ‘Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛb nɛsuːt tɑuːi/
  • Conventional anglicization: neb-nesut-tawi

Proper noun

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1. an epithet of the god Amun-Ra as the source of the pharaoh’s authority

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nb-nswt-tꜣwj  

nb-nswt-tꜣwj

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 187.