nb-pt

Egyptian

Etymology

nb (“lord”) +‎ pt (“sky”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘lord of the sky’.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

 m

  1. a very common epithet of various gods, originally of Horus of Behdet and Ra
  2. an epithet for a dead king

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nb-pt  
nb-pt

References

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