mn-kꜣw-rꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

mn (established) + kꜣw (life-forces) + rꜥ (Ra) in two direct genitive constructions, thus ‘the established (one) of the life-forces of Ra’.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

ra
mn
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  1. A throne name notably borne by Menkaure, a pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: Μυκερῖνος (Mukerînos), Μεγχέρης (Menkhérēs)
    • Latin: Mycerīnus

References

  • Mn-kꜣ.w-Rꜥw (lemma ID 450221)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae, Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
  • Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 36
  • von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 53, 179
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