ḥtpw

Egyptian

Etymology

From ḥtp (“to pacify”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈħatpaw/ → /ˈħaʔpaw/ → /ˈħaʔpə/ → /ħaʔp/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈħatpaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈħaʔpaw/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈħaʔpə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ħaʔp/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛtɛpuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: hetepu

Noun

 m

1. peace, calm, submission
   • c. 2353 BCE – 2323 BCE, Pyramid Texts of Unas — west wall of the corridor, line 10–20, spell 317.4–5:

     jj.n wnjs r mrw.f jm(j)w jdb ꜣgb(w) mḥt wrt
     r st ḥtpw wꜣḏt sḫwt jmt ꜣḫt

     Unas has come to his canals at the shore of the waters of the great flood,
     to the place of peace with green fields in the place where the sun rises.

   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 23:

     jwyt zb(.w) sjw(w) rw.w tꜣ m ḥtpw ẖr nb.f

     Wrongdoing has gone, the Slanderer has departed, and the land is in peace under its lord.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥtpw  

ḥtp	ḥtp	ḥtpw	ḥtpw

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN