jmj dwꜣt

Egyptian

Etymology

jmj (“being in”) +‎ dwꜣt (“afterworld”), thus ‘(that which) is in the afterworld’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /imi duːɑt/
- Conventional anglicization: imi duat

Proper noun

m

the Amduat, a popular funerary text in the genre of netherworld guides

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 323.

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