prt-spdt

Egyptian

Etymology

prt (“emergence”) +‎ spdt (“Sirius”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘emergence of Sirius’.

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. the annual heliacal rising of Sirius

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 388.
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