nbt-pr

Egyptian

nbt (“lady”) +‎ pr (“house”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘lady of the house’.

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛbɛt pɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: nebet-per

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a title, one of the few commonly held by women: a woman who manages a household estate; conventionally rendered as ‘mistress (or ‘lady’) of the house’ [since the Old Kingdom]

Declension of nbt-pr (feminine)

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nbt-pr

nbt-pr

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