nswt-ḥw

Egyptian

Etymology

nswt (“king”) +‎ ḥw (“hitting, striking”), thus ‘the striking king’.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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  1. a throne name notably borne by Huni, a pharaoh of the Third Dynasty

References

  • Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 33
  • von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 51, 177
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