znmwt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛnmuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: zenmut

Proper noun

 f

1. Bigeh, an island at the first cataract of the Nile where Osiris was said to be buried
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 8–10:

     pḥ.n.n pḥwj wꜣwꜣt zn.n.n znmwt

     We have reached the end of Lower Nubia, and we have passed by Bigeh.

References

• Helck, Wolfgang, Otto, Eberhard (1975) Lexikon der Ägyptologie, volumes 1: A – Ernte, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 792