ḥrj-tp - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

From ḥrj (“being upon”) +‎ tp (“head”). The noun is thus literally ‘(he who is) upon the head’.

• (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /hɛri tɛp/
  • Conventional anglicization: heri-tep

1. being atop
2. chief, main

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥrj-tp

m

1. chief, head, leader

Declension of ḥrj-tp (masculine)

See under the adjective section above.

• Demotic: ḥrj-tp, ḥr-tb
  • → Hebrew: חַרְטֹם (ḥarṭōm), חרטום
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 343.
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 140.6–140.15
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 97