ꜥm

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amF10A2

 2-lit.

  1. (transitive) to swallow, devour
    • c. 2353 BCE – 2323 BCE, Pyramid Texts of Unas — gable of the west wall of the burial chamber, line 4–5, spell 226.3:[1]
      tAiamn
      k
      pr
      r
      t
      imk
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      A55zbn
      tꜣ j.ꜥm n.k prt jm.k hjw sḏr zbn
      Earth, swallow up into yourself what has emerged from you! Hiu-serpent, lie down, crawl away!
  2. (transitive) to know

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References[edit]

  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 457.
  1. ^ Allen, James (2013) A New Concordance of the Pyramid Texts, volume I, Providence: Brown University, PT 226.3 (Pyr. 225c), W