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

Proper noun

raSpssskA

 m

  1. A throne name notably borne by Shepseskare, a pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty

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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