sšmw

Egyptian

Etymology

sšmj (“to lead, to guide”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛʃmuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: seshmu

Noun

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1. cultic image of a god and his sacred barque
2. image of a god in general
3. earthly visible form of a god (in contrast to the ba)

Inflection

Declension of sšmw (masculine)

singular	sšmw
dual	sšmwwj
plural	sšmww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sšmw  

sšm

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 291.6–291.16
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 248