nb nswt tꜣwj

Egyptian

Etymology

nb (“lord”) +‎ nswt (plural of nst (“throne”)) +‎ tꜣwj (“the Two Lands, Egypt”), thus literally ‘Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛb nɛsuːt tɑuːi/
- Conventional anglicization: neb nesut tawi

Proper noun

m

an epithet of the god Amun-Ra as the source of the pharaoh’s authority

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nb nswt tꜣwj

V30 [nb]

W11 [g]

W11 [g]

W11 [g]

N17

N17

N21

N21

nb nswt tꜣwj

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 187.

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