ꜥbrꜥstjꜥks

Egyptian

Etymology

Compare Ancient Greek ἀβρασάξ (abrasáx).

Proper noun

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  1. Abrasax [Greco-Roman Period]
    • c. 175–249 CE, Papyrus London-Leiden, col. 23, line 24:










      hꜣy sꜥks jmn stjꜥks ꜥbrꜥstjꜥks ḏd mtwk jꜥḥ
      Hail, Sax, Amun, Sax, Abrasax, for you are the moon, […]

Usage notes

This word is found rendered in a line of hieratic writing in the middle of a mostly Demotic-script text, accompanied by the Old Coptic gloss ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲥⲁⲝ (abrasaks). As such, it is hard to say whether it should be taken as an archaizing representation of Demotic or as code-switching to earlier Egyptian.

References

  • Dieleman, Jacco (2005) Priests, Tongues, and Rites: The London-Leiden Magical Manuscripts and Translation in Egyptian Ritual (100-300 CE), page 77
  • Griffith, Francis Llewellyn and Thompson, Herbert (1904) The Demotic Magical Papyrus of London and Leiden, pages 146–147
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