snfr-wj

Egyptian

Etymology

snfr (“to make pleasing, fine, beautiful”) +‎ wj (“me”), thus ‘[he] has made me fine’; compare the longer form in the serekh name nb-mꜣꜥt-snfr-wj (literally “the possessor of righteousness has made me fine”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun
snfrf
r		 w

 m

  1. A throne name notably borne by Sneferu, a pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty
    • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) line 2.8:
      aHaa
      n      		 saHaa
      D54      		 U36Z1
      n      		 swbitt
      t      		 <
      snfrf
      r      		 w
      		>
      mswt
      n      		 G7mn
      n      		 xmnxY1mtA
      N23 Z1      		 p
      n      		 rDr
      r      		 f
      ꜥḥꜥ.n sꜥḥꜥ ḥm n(j) nswt-bjtj snfr-w(j) m nswt mnḫ m tꜣ pn r ḏr.f
      Then the majesty of the Dual King Sneferu was raised up as splendid king in this entire land.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of snfr-wj  
snfrr
f		 w
snfrf
r		 W
snfrw
snfrrw
snfrf
r
snrf-w snfr-w snfr-w snfr-w snfr
Abydos King List Karnak King List Turin King List

Descendants
  • → English: Sneferu, Snofru
  • → Ancient Greek: Σῶρις (Sôris)

References
  • Leprohon, Ronald (2013), Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN
  • von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, page 52–53, 178
  • Lepsius, Carl Richard (1849) Denkmaeler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien, Abtheilung II, plate 17a
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