jdmj

Egyptian

FWOTD – 18 May 2019

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /jVˈtʼuːmVj//jVˈtʼuːmVj//ʔəˈtʼuːmə//ʔəˈtʼeːm/

Noun

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  1. fine red linen
    • c. 2289 BCE – 2255 BCE, Pyramid Texts of Pepi I — west wall of the vestibule, line 62–63, spell 576.24–576.27:[2]

















      ppy pw wꜥ m (j)fd(w) jpw nṯrw msw gbb ḫnzjw šmꜥ ḫnzjw tꜣ [mḥw] ꜥḥꜥw ḥr ḏꜥmw.sn wrḥw ḥꜣtt wnḫw m jdmj ꜥnḫyw m dꜣb zwrjw jrp
      Pepi is one of these four gods whom Geb bore, who traverse Upper Egypt, who traverse the land of [Lower Egypt], who stand at their electrum scepters, who are anointed with the best oil, who are clothed in fine linen, who live on figs, who drink wine.
    • 6th Dynasty, Giza, Western Cemetery, Shaft G 2188 Y, Block of sunk relief inscription mentioning the dog Abutiu (35-10-22/Cairo JE 67573), lines 3–6:[3]







      wḏ ḥm.f qrs.f rḏj n.f qrst m prwj-ḥḏ (j)dmj ꜥꜣ wrt [s]nṯr
      His Majesty commanded that he be buried, that he be given a burial from the two treasuries and very much fine linen and incense.

Inflection

Declension of jdmj (masculine)
singular jdmj
dual jdmjwj
plural jdmjw

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • jdmjt

Descendants

  • Hebrew: אֵטוּן (ʾēṭūn)
    • Ancient Greek: ὀθόνη (othónē) (or via another Semitic language)

References

  1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 245
  2. ^ Allen, James (2013) A New Concordance of the Pyramid Texts, volume V, Providence: Brown University, PT 576.24–576.27 (Pyr. 1510a–1511b), P
  3. ^ Reisner, George A. (1936) “The Dog which was Honored by the King of Upper and Lower Egypt” in Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, volume XXXIV, number 206, pages 96–99