Ankh wedja seneb () is an
Egyptian
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phrase which often appears
after the names of
pharaoh
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s, in references to their household, or at the ends of letters. The formula consists of three
Egyptian hieroglyphs
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without clarification of pronunciation, making its exact grammatical form difficult to reconstruct. It may be expressed as "life, prosperity, and health", but
Alan Gardiner
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proposed that they represented verbs in the
stative
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form: "Be alive, strong, and healthy".
Components
Egyptian hieroglyphs did not record
vowel
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values, making the exact pronunciation of most words unknowable. The conventional
Egyptological pronunciation
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s of the words , , and are ''ankh'', ''wedja'' and ''seneb'' respectively.
*
Ankh
Progressive ankylosis protein homolog (ANK ilosis H omolog) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''ANKH'' gene.
This gene encodes a multipass transmembrane protein that is expressed in joints and other tissues and controls pyrophosphate ...
means "life" and "to have life", "to live", particularly with regard to the longevity and resurrection of the
ancient Egyptian deities
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and pharaohs
*Wedja means "to be whole" or "intact", with connotations of "prosperity" and "well-being"
*Seneb means "to be sound", "to be well", "to be healthy"
Rosetta Stone
On the
Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone is a stele composed of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a Rosetta Stone decree, decree issued in Memphis, Egypt, in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes. The top and middle te ...
(196 BCE), the gods are said to reward the
Ptolemaic pharaoh Ptolemy V Epiphanes
egy, Iwaennetjerwymerwyitu Seteppah Userkare Sekhem-ankhamun Clayton (2006) p. 208.
, predecessor = Ptolemy IV
, successor = Ptolemy VI
, horus = '' ḥwnw-ḫꜤj-m-nsw-ḥr-st-jt.f'Khunukhaiemnisutkhersetitef'' The youth who ...
:
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See also
*
Ankh
Progressive ankylosis protein homolog (ANK ilosis H omolog) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''ANKH'' gene.
This gene encodes a multipass transmembrane protein that is expressed in joints and other tissues and controls pyrophosphate ...
References
Citations
Bibliography
*, reprinted at Berlin by Akademie-Verlag GmbH in 1971.
* {{citation , authorlink=E. A. Wallis Budge , last=Budge , first=E.A. Wallis , title=The Rosetta Stone , date=1929 .
Egyptian words and phrases
Egyptian hieroglyphs