špss-kꜣ-rꜥ
Egyptian
Etymology
špss (“to be noble, august”) + kꜣ (“life-force, sustenance”) + rꜥ (“Ra”), thus ‘the noble (one) of the life-force of Ra’.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ʃɛpsɛs kɑ rɑː/
- Conventional anglicization: shepses-ka-ra
References
- Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 39
- von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 55, 182
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