ḥw-nj

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ḥw-nj is the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic rendering of the name of Huni, a pharaoh of the late Third Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.

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ḥw-nj canonical 1

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian name
hieroglyphic rendering
royal name
associatedWithDynasty Third Dynasty of Egypt
associatedWithPeriod Old Kingdom of Egypt
associatedWithRegion Lower Egypt
Upper Egypt
associatedWithSite Elephantine
Memphis (ancient Egypt)
bearsTitleOf pharaoh
belongsToCulture ancient Egyptian civilization
chronologicalEra 3rd millennium BCE
chronologicalPosition late Third Dynasty
denotes Huni
hasPhoneticValue ḥw-n-j
language Ancient Egyptian
nameType personal name
royal titulary element
refersTo Huni
scriptDirection left-to-right
right-to-left
transliteratedAs Huni
usedFor identification of king Huni
usedInContext monumental texts
royal inscriptions
seal impressions
writingSystemFamily Afro-Asiatic scripts
writingSystemType consonantal script
writtenInScript Egyptian hieroglyphs

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Huni nameInHieroglyphs ḥw-nj