ḥwt kꜣ ptḥ

Egyptian

Etymology

From ḥwt (“enclosure”) +‎ kꜣ (“ka”) +‎ ptḥ (“Ptah”) with direct genitive constructions, thus literally ‘house of the ka of Ptah’.

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ħawitˌkuʀpiˈtaħ/ → /ħawiʔˌkuʀpiˈtaħ/ → /ħəˌkuʔpəˈtaħ/

Proper noun

Hwtt
O1		 kA
Z1		 p
t		 HA40

 f

  1. The temple of the ka of Ptah in Memphis, Egypt
    • c. 725 BCE, Victory Stela of Piye (Cairo JE 48862), line 97:
      d
      r      		 pW16DADAnw
      t      		 M22A40
      Z2      		 p
      t      		 HHwtt
      pr      		 kAniwt
      drp ḏꜣḏꜣt ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ
      presenting an offering to the assembly (of gods) of the temple of Ptah
  2. (metonymically) Memphis, Egypt
    • c. 1351–1340 BCE, offering-list of Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten, lines 1–2:
      [[G9Axt
      Axt      		 Ha
      y
      Y1      		 im
      Axt      		 imr
      n      		 f
      im      		 Swwra
             		 n
      t y      		 ]]m[[i]]T
      n
      ra      		 [[Hr]]Z1n
      A      		 nR1t
      Z2ss      		 ra
             		 A40SAma
      Y1
      [[p
      t      		 H]]Hwtt
      pr      		 kA Z1
      niwt      		 nfrf
      r      		 i i
      t      		 Y1
      r      		 zmAAY1
      n      		 bHD&t niwt
      [rꜥ-ḥr-ꜣḫtj-ḥꜥ-m-ꜣḫt-m-rn.f-m-šw-ntj]-m-[j]ṯn [ḥr] nꜣ n(j) ḫꜣwt rꜥ šꜣ(ꜥ)-m ḥwt-kꜣ-[ptḥ] nfryt-r zmꜣ-n-bḥḏt
      [Ra-Horakhty-who-rejoices-on-the-horizon-in-his-name-of-Light]-in-the-Sun-Disk is [upon] the altars of Ra from Memphis all the way to Zema-Behdet.
    • 19th Dynasty, Papyrus Sallier IV (British Museum EA 10184) verso (A Letter Concerning the Wonders of Memphis), 1.3, 2.1:
      ma
      k      		 y
      Y1      		 HrZ1D&d
      n      		 p
      t      		 HG7aA
      Y1      		 rswy
      N23 Z1      		 inb
      f      		 nbG7anxn
      x      		 G7tA
      tA
      N23 N23
      nsxmx
      t H8      		 I12aA
      t Y1      		 U7
      r      		 iiA2p
      t      		 HG7[[…]]
      nswt
      n      		 iiG7Z3Abit
      t Z5      		 W23
      Z2ss      		 n
      t y      		 imim
      y      		 wr
      r      		 t
      pr      		 n
      t y      		 HrZ1imntt N23
      n      		 Hwtt
      pr      		 kAZ1p
      t      		 HG7
      m.k ḥr ḏd n ptḥ ꜥꜣ rs(j)-jnb.f nb ꜥnḫ-tꜣwj n sḫmt ꜥꜣt mry(t) ptḥ […] n nswtyw-bjtjw ntj jmj-wrt ntj ḥr jmnt n(j) ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ […]
      Look, (I) pray to Ptah the Great, He-Who-is-South-of-His-Wall, the lord of the life of the Two Lands, to Sekhmet the Great, beloved of Ptah, […] to the Dual Kings of Egypt who are in the West [i.e. the afterworld], who are to the west of Memphis […]
  3. (metonymically) Egypt

Descendants

  • → Ancient Greek: Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos) (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Saad, Ramadan and Manniche, Lise (1971) “A unique offering list of Amenophis IV recently found at Karnak” in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, vol. 57, pages 70–72.
  • Gardiner, Alan (1937) Late-Egyptian Miscellanies, page 89.
  • Schäfer, Heinrich (1905–1908) Urkunden des ägyptischen Altertums III: Urkunden der älteren Äthiopenkönige, Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, page 35
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