sšmw
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Egyptian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
sšmj (“to lead, to guide”) + -w.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /sɛʃmuː/
- Conventional anglicization: seshmu
Noun[edit]
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- cultic image of a god and his sacred barque
- image of a god in general
- earthly visible form of a god (in contrast to the ba)
Inflection[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sšmw
References[edit]
- 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