sḫt-ḥmꜣt

Egyptian

Etymology

sḫt (“field”) +‎ ḥmꜣt (“salt”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘Field of Salt’.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

 f

  1. the Wadi El Natrun

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.
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