nb-rꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

From nb (“lord”) +‎ rꜥ (“sun, Ra”). The exact meaning of this is debated, as there are several possible ways to interpret the name:

• With an unwritten first-person suffix pronoun, nb(.j)-rꜥ, a nominal sentence meaning ‘my lord is Ra’.
• With such an unwritten pronoun and honorific transposition, rꜥ-nb(.j), a nominal sentence meaning ‘Ra is my lord’.
• With the two elements in coordination, as ‘lord and sun (god)’.
• With the two elements in a direct genitive construction, as ‘lord of the sun’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛb rɑː/
  • Conventional anglicization: neb-ra

Proper noun

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1. A serekh name notably borne by Nebra, a pharaoh of the Second Dynasty

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nb-rꜥ  

rꜤ-nb

References

• Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 28
• von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 48, 173