ꜥntjw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːntiuː/
- Conventional anglicization: antiu

Noun

m

myrrh

Usage notes

This term has sometimes been identified with frankincense instead of myrrh. It seems likely that the Egyptians themselves did not clearly distinguish between the two.

Alternative forms

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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 129, 343.
Kapiec, Katarzyna (2018) “The Sacred Scents: Examining the Connection Between the ꜥntjw and sfṯ in the Context of the Early Eighteenth Dynasty Temples” in Études et Travaux XXXI, pages 195–217

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