msqt-sḥdw

Egyptian
FWOTD – 22 July 2017

Etymology

msqt (“a mythological place of the dead”) +‎ sḥdw, plural of sḥd (“star”), in a direct genitive construction.

Pronunciation

Proper noun


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  1. a region of the sky to which a dead king was said to ascend, most likely the Milky Way [Pyramid Texts]
    • c. 2345-2333 BCE, Pyramid of King Teti, south wall of the passage between the burial chamber and antechamber, Pyramid Text spell 262, section 24 (trans. Allen):[1][2]




      nj ḫsb.n sw ꜥḥ-ḥḏ wrw jr msqt-sḥdw
      The White Palace of the great ones cannot bar him from the Beaten Path of Stars.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of msqt-sḥdw  




msqt-sḥd msqt-sḥdw
from the pyramid of King Unas from the pyramid of King Pepi II

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 21–22.
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
  1. Allen, James (2013) A New Concordance of the Pyramid Texts, volume III, Providence: Brown University, PT 262.24 (Pyr. 334c), Teti
  2. Allen, James (2005) The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, page 78
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