snfr-wj
Egyptian
Etymology
snfr (“to perfect, to make beautiful”) + wj (“me”), thus ‘[he] has perfected me’; compare the longer form nb-mꜣꜥt-snfr-wj (literally “The Lord of Truth has perfected me”).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /sɛnɛfɛr wi/
- Conventional anglicization: senefer-wi
Proper noun
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- A throne name notably borne by Sneferu, a pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty
- c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) line 2.8:
- ꜥḥꜥ.n sꜥḥꜥ ḥm n(j) nswt-bjtj snfr-w(j) m nswt mnḫ m tꜣ pn r ḏr.f
- Then the majesty of the Dual King Sneferu was raised up as splendid king in this entire land.
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of snfr-wj
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| Abydos King List | Karnak King List | Turin King List |
Descendants
- → English: Sneferu, Snofru
- → Ancient Greek: Σῶρις (Sôris)
References
- Leprohon, Ronald (2013), Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN
- von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, page 52–53, 178
- Lepsius, Carl Richard (1849) Denkmaeler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien, Abtheilung II, plate 17a
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