špss-kꜣ-rꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

špss (“to be noble, august”) +‎ kꜣ (“life-force, sustenance”) +‎ rꜥ (“Ra”), thus ‘the noble (one) of the life-force of Ra’.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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  1. a throne name notably borne by Shepseskare, a pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty

References

  • Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 39
  • von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 55, 182
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