ḥtp-sḫmwj
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Egyptian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ḥtp (“to be(come) content or satisfied; to be(come) peaceful, to reconcile”) + sḫm (“divine power”) + -wj (dual ending), thus ‘the Two Powers are content/satisfied’, or perhaps rather ‘the Two Powers are reconciled/at peace’, with the Two Powers likely a reference to Horus and Set.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /hɛtɛp sɛxɛmuːi/
- Conventional anglicization: hetep-sekhemwi
Proper noun[edit]
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- A serekh name notably borne by Hotepsekhemwy, a pharaoh of the Second Dynasty
References[edit]
- Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, pages 27–28
- von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 48, 173