sbk

See also: SBK

Egyptian

sbk at left, with Amenhotep III (at right) c. 1360 BC

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛbɛk/
  • Conventional anglicization: sobek

Proper noun

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1. Sobek, the crocodile-god worshipped at Crocodilopolis and Kom Ombo

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sbk  

sbk	sbk

Derived terms

• nfrw-sbk
• zꜣ-sbk
• sbk-m-ḥꜣb
• sbk-ḥtp

Descendants

• Old Coptic: ⲥⲟⲩⲕⲏ (soukē)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲥⲟⲩⲭⲓ (soukhi)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲟⲩⲕ (souk)
• → Ancient Greek: Σοῦχος (Soûkhos)

See also

• 𓆋, 𓆍

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 269.