wꜣg

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Egyptian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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wAAgA2

 3-lit. or 4ae inf.

  1. (intransitive, hapax) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. to shout for joy, to celebrate

Usage notes

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Allen considers this a fourth-weak verb wꜣgj, while the TLA treats it as strong triliteral.

Proper noun

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wAg
Hb

 m

  1. the Wag-festival, a festival honoring the dead and Osiris, celebrated on the 17th, 18th, or 19th day of the month of Thoth [Pyramid Texts to 26th Dynasty]
    • c. 5th Dynasty, 2454-2311 BCE, Lintel of Enseperi (Cleveland 1920.1993), main inscription:[1]
      swdiHtp
      t p
      E15
      W18
      q
      r
      qssQ6
      z
      t
      xAst

      R13
      t t
      nb
      U2
      x
      imAx
      x
      r
      nTrO29VO3

      G26
      t t
      wA W12
      D39
      R33
      sAD
      D39
      pr
      r
      t
      R23

      iaH
      sbA
      N13M4T8M4wpr
      k
      HQ7
      Rq134
      V29Q7
      a

      Rq134

      swtr
      x
      m&r stD35spr
      spr
      ḥtp ḏj nswt jnpw ḫnt(j) qrst z(my)t
      jmntt nb-(j)mꜣḫ ḫr nṯr-ꜥꜣ prt-ḫrw
      ḏḥwtt wꜣg sꜣḏ prt-mnw
      ꜣbd smdt tp(j)-rnpt wp-rnpt rkḥ wꜣḫ ꜥḥ
      rḫ-nswt jmj-r-st nj-spr(.j)
      A royal offering of Anubis, the Foremost: a burial in the
      western desert (for) the possessor of reverence before the elder god, and an invocation offering
      (on) the festival of Thoth, the wag-festival, the sadj-festival, the procession of Min,
      the monthly festival, the half-monthly festival, the first of the year, the opening of the year, and the burning festival of setting up the brazier
      (for) the acquaintance of the king, the overseer of the storehouse, Enseperi.
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 8–9:
      d
      r
      p
      D40
      n
      f
      nb
      Z2
      nb
      sxAwmpt
      M
      N17
      N21 Z1
      I1S
      Z2
      h
      i i
      A32mwA
      g
      Hb
      ir
      r
      wn
      f
      ih
      h
      iiA32iNtA
      tA
      N21 N21
      mbw
      T21w
      drp n.f nbw nb sḫꜣw m pt m tꜣ ꜥšꜣ hy m wꜣg jrrw n.f jhhy jn tꜣwj m bw wꜥ
      the one to whom all make offerings, the possessor of remembrance in the sky and on the earth, numerous of cries of joy at the wag-festival, for whom jubilation is made by the Two Lands (Egypt) as one.

Inflection

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Alternative forms

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References

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  1. ^ Berman, Lawrence M., Bohač, Kenneth J. (1999) The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Egyptian Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press, pages 134–135
  2. ^ Global Egyptian Museum, PM 5999