nṯr-ꜥꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

nṯr (“god”) +‎ ꜥꜣ (“great, elder”), thus (conventionally) ‘the great god’ or (more accurately) ‘the elder god’.[1]

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /nacaɾˈʕaʀ/ → /nataʔˈʕaʀ/ → /nətəˈʕaʔ/ → /nətəˈʕaʔ/

Proper noun
nTraA

 m

  1. epithet for the dead former king, in contrast to nṯr-nfr for the currently living king
  2. epithet for the senior king in a coregency, in contrast to nṯr-nfr for the junior king
  3. a very common epithet of various gods, especially Osiris and Ra
    • 12th Dynasty, Coffin of Nakht (PM 5999):[2]
      swt
      Htp      		 diir
      st      		 A40nbDdd
      O49      		 wnTrO29VnbAbbDw
      O49
      ḥtp ḏj nswt wsjr nb-ḏdw nṯr-ꜥꜣ nb-ꜣbḏw […]
      An offering given by the king and Osiris, the Lord of Djedu, the Elder God, the Lord of Abydos […]

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old Coptic: ⲛⲉⲧⲱ (netō)
  • Coptic: ⲛⲉⲧⲟ (neto), ⲛⲉⲧⲁ (neta) (Dialect K)

References
  • Allen, James Peter (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 62
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 365.
  • Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 13, 35, 53, 56, 57
  1. For the latter translation see Berlev, Oleg (2003) “Два Царя — Два Солнца: К мировоззрению древних египтян” and the translated version “Two kings – Two Suns: On the Worldview of the Ancient Egyptians” in Discovering Egypt from the Neva: the Egyptological Legacy of Oleg D. Berlev, edited by Quirke, Stepehen, Berlin: Achet-Verlag, pages 1–35
  2. The Global Egyptian Museum (entry in German)
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