Egyptian
Etymology
ṯḥn (“to gleam”) + -t.
Pronunciation
Noun
f m
- (blue/green) faience [since the Old Kingdom]
- colorful glass [since the Old Kingdom]
- a kind of precious stone from Nubia [Greco-Roman Period]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ṯḥnt
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References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 390.11–391.15
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 306