ꜣwšꜣmm

Egyptian

Etymology

From a West Semitic compound of *uru (“house, town”) and *salim, which meant either "peace" or "Shalim" (Canaanite god of twilight). For more information see Jerusalem.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed Middle Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ʔuʀuʃalimum/[1]
(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑuːʃɑmɛm/
- Conventional anglicization: aushamem

Proper noun

m./f. topo.

Jerusalem
- 18th century BCE, Berlin execration texts, e27:
  
  ḥq(ꜣ) n(j) ꜣwšꜣmm jy-qꜣꜥ-mw mḥnkw nbw nt(j)w ḥnꜥ.f
  The ruler of Jerusalem, Yaqar-ʿAmmu, and all the confidants who are with him

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwšꜣmm

ꜣwšꜣmm

References

Aḥituv, Shmuel (1984) “Jerusalem”, in Canaanite Toponyms in Ancient Egyptian Documents, Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, →ISBN, page 122
Sethe, Kurt (1926) “Die Ächtung feindlicher Fürsten, Völker und Dinge auf altägyptischen Tongefäßscherben des Mittleren Reiches nach den Originalen im Berliner Museum herausgegeben und erklärt” in Abhandlungen der Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1926 issue, philosophisch-historische Klasse, number 5, page 53

Hoch, James E. (1994) Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 493

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[1] Hoch, James E. (1994) Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 493