pꜣwt

Egyptian

FWOTD – 28 June 2015

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Noun


 f

  1. a kind of baked goods used as an offering, considered the food of gods and the dead

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 m

  1. The beginning of time, antiquity
    • 12th Dynasty, rock tombs at Meir, tomb chapel B4 of Ukhhotep III, inner room, east wall, north of entrance, register 2:[1]









      jw.j ḥr mꜥq ḏr pꜣwt
      nj mꜣ.j mjtj srw pn
      I have been roasting since the beginning of time,
      but I have never seen the like of this goose.

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References

  1. A. M. Blackman, The Rock Tombs of Meir, Vol. 3, pl. 23, 31
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