zfṯyw
Egyptian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]zfṯ (“to slaughter”) + -y + -w.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /zɛft͡ʃiːuː/
- Conventional anglicization: zeftjyu
Proper noun
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m pl
- (plural only) a group of threatening underworld gods, ‘the Butchers’
- c. 976 BCE, Book of the Dead of Pinedjem II (pLondon British Museum EA10793 = pCampbell), chapter 41B, line 22.6–22.7:
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- j sfṯyw jpw nw nb{t}-ꜥnḫ ntj ḥr.sn m sḏt spd ḏbꜥw […] ḥr ⟨ṯ⟩n r.j
- O you Butchers of the Lord of Life, whose faces are made of fire, (who are) sharp of fingers, […] keep away from me.
- c. 976 BCE, Book of the Dead of Pinedjem II (pLondon British Museum EA10793 = pCampbell), chapter 41B, line 22.6–22.7:
Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zfṯyw
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References
[edit]- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 444.3
- ^ Munro, Irmtraut (1996) Der Totenbuch-Papyrus des Hohenpriesters Pa-nedjem II. (pLondon BM 10793 / pCampbell), Wiesbaden: plate 23