serekh

noun

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Egyptian s-r:x-O33 (srḫ, “palace façade”).

  1. learned borrowing from srḫ

Definitions

  1. In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a rectangular enclosure consisting of a depiction of a palace…

    In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a rectangular enclosure consisting of a depiction of a palace façade and a top-down view of a royal courtyard containing the Horus name of a pharaoh, usually topped by a Horus falcon.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for serekh. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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