sḫm-ꜥnḫ-jmn

Egyptian

Etymology

sḫm (“power, cult image, incarnation”) +‎ ꜥnḫ (“living”) +‎ jmn (“Amun”), thus ‘living image of Amun’.

Pronunciation
  • (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /sɛxɛm ɑːnx imɛn/
    • Conventional anglicization: sekhem-ankh-amen

Proper noun
C12sxmanx

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  1. epithet used as part of the name of various Ptolemaic pharaohs

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sḫm-ꜥnḫ-jmn  
C12sxmnwanx
sḫm-ꜥnḫ-nw-jmn

Descendants
  • → Ancient Greek: εἰκὼν ζῶσα τοῦ Διός (eikṑn zôsa toû Diós) (calque)

References
  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volumes 245.1–245.2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
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