nb-tꜣwj

Egyptian

Etymology

From nb (lord) +‎ tꜣwj (the Two Lands) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘Lord of the Two Lands’, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.

Pronunciation

Noun



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  1. a common pharaonic epithet

References

  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 68.