ḥtpw

Egyptian

Etymology

From ḥtp (“to pacify”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈħatpaw/ → /ˈħaʔpaw/ → /ˈħaʔpə/ → /ħaʔp/

Noun


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  1. peace, calm, submission
    • c. 2353 BCE – 2323 BCE, Pyramid Texts of Unas — west wall of the corridor, line 10–20, spell 317.4–5:[1]










      jj.n wnjs r mrw.f jm(j)w jdb ꜣgb(w) mḥt wrt
      r st ḥtpw wꜣḏt sḫwt jmt ꜣḫt
      Unas has come to his canals at the shore of the waters of the great flood,
      to the place of peace with green fields in the place where the sun rises.
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 23:







      jwyt zb(.w) sjw(w) rw.w tꜣ m ḥtpw ẖr nb.f
      Wrongdoing has gone, the Slanderer has departed, and the land is in peace under its lord.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥtpw  




ḥtp ḥtp ḥtpw ḥtpw

References
  1. Allen, James (2013) A New Concordance of the Pyramid Texts, volume III, Providence: Brown University, PT 317.4–5 (Pyr. 508a–508b), W
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