Egyptology Glossary
Ancient Egypt and Egyptology has a bewildering array of confusing names and terminology, this Egyptology Glossary will hopefully go some way to describe many of the most common words and phrases.
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Sa meaning brother
Sah meaning amulet
Sat meaning sister
Sau meaning amulet magician
A festival of rejuvenation and renewal of powers celebrated by reigning kings, often—but not always—in their thirtieth year of rule.
sedjem meaning hear.
SenefIah - blood of the moon
Senetcher meaning incense
An Arabic word meaning a cell; this was a small room in which the statue of the deceased was placed, often found in mastaba tombs. So food and drink could be offered in front of the statue of the deceased.
A small mummiform funerary figurine usually inscribed with a magical spell invoking it to perform various agricultural tasks in the underworld on behalf of the deceased.
A hieroglyph in the form of a rope circle knotted at the bottom. The Egyptians associated the circle with eternity and with the sun disk. The shen-ring also came to symbolize protection.
Sheni meaning exorcise
She-Wer meaning Curse
Separate from the development of the Hut Shrines, are the Solar or Sun Cult Temples, where the sun god Re was worshipped, from these temples developed the Aten Temples of the 18th Dynasty. They are particularly associated with the worship of the God Aten and the pharaoh Akhenaten.
Soonoo meaning doctor/physician
Sopdet meaning the star of Sirius
Sunu meaning doctor or physician
Sutekh meaning animal of Set recumbent
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Papyrus
Symbol of Lower Egypt
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The Papyrus plant was the symbol of Upper Egypt. Lower Egypt was known as Ta-Mehu which means land of papyrus. The papyrus became the symbol of fertility and life itself. When intertwined with the plant emblem of Upper Egypt, the two symbolize the unification of the two lands.