twꜣwt

Egyptian

Etymology

twꜣ (“to beseech, to appeal to, to support”) +‎ -wt.

Pronunciation

Noun

 m

  1. one of the seven sacred oils used in mortuary rituals, made of wood pitch, frankincense, and pine [since the Fifth Dynasty]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of twꜣwt  
twꜣt

References

  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 251.4–251.7
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 295
  • Kapiec, Katarzyna (2018) “The Sacred Scents: Examining the Connection Between the ꜥntjw and sfṯ in the Context of the Early Eighteenth Dynasty Temples” in Études et Travaux XXXI, pages 195–217
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