ꜥẖmw nw ꜣḫt

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜥẖmw (“falcons, cultic images”) +‎ nw (“of”) +‎ ꜣḫt (“place of sunrise”).

Pronunciation
  • (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɑːçmuː nuː ɑxɛt/
    • Conventional anglicization: akhmu nu akhet

Noun
a
X		 mN33C Z2ss
nw Z1		 Axtt
pr

 m pl

  1. (plural only, hapax) Some sort of images found in a royal morning audience hall. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. sacred images, cultic images
    2. paintings of animals and plants reacting to the rising of the sun
    • c. 1859 BCE – 1840 BCE, The Story of Sinuhe, version B (pBerlin 3022 and pAmherst n-q) line 286–287:
      r
      a      		 kwA1r
      pr      		 swt
      n      		 zAA1A50ssY1
      Z2      		 imf
      sq
      b      		 bWywabmwprimf
      a
      X      		 mN33C Z2ss
      nw Z1      		 Axtt
      pr
      rdj.kw r pr zꜣ-nswt špssw jm.f sqbbwj jm.f ꜥẖmw nw ꜣḫt […]
      I was put in a prince’s house with finery in it, a room of refreshment in it, and cultic images of the Akhet, […]

References
  • Allen, James Peter (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 147–148
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 5
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