A cloth wound on a pole, an emblem of divinity

nṯr

Aggregated from sources · not yet reviewed

[1][2]

Pronunciation

nṯr

Note

Vowels are not attested in Egyptian writing; the transliteration is a modern scholarly convention, not a reconstructed pronunciation.

Logogram

nṯrgodAggregated from sources · not yet reviewed

[1][2]

Classifier

divine beings and sacred thingsAggregated from sources · not yet reviewed

[1]

nṯr

𓊹

𓀭

Spelled with R8, A40

god

• Middle Egyptian

Role: Logogram · Reading: nṯr

[3]

ḥm-nṯr

𓊹

𓍛

Spelled with R8, U36

priest ("servant of the god")

• Middle Egyptian

Role: Logogram · Reading: nṯr

The god sign is written first out of respect.

[3]

mdw nṯr

𓌃

𓊹

Spelled with S43, R8

the divine words: hieroglyphic writing

• Middle Egyptian

Role: Logogram · Reading: nṯr

[3]

No attestations recorded for this sign yet.

Discussion

[1]

Gardiner, Alan H. Egyptian Grammar. 3rd ed. Griffith Institute, 1957.

Origin of the Gardiner sign-list numbering (e.g. A1, D21).

Cited for: Sign-list R8; Sign-list A40

[2]

Unicode Consortium. Unikemet Data for Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Unicode 17.0.0 (Unikemet-17.0.0.txt).

Cited for: U+132B9; U+132BA

[3]

Faulkner, Raymond O. A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian. Griffith Institute, 1962.

Cited for: s.v. nṯr; s.v. ḥm-nṯr; s.v. mdw

History

1. 2 Oct 2026·Direct edit

   Changed sign R8

   Common rank

   — → 155

   Edited by Archive maintainers