Nebu
Nebuis theEgyptian symbolforgold.It depicts a golden collar with the ends hanging off the sides and seven spines dangling from the middle.
Ancient Egyptiansbelieved thatgoldwas an indestructible and heavenlymetal.Thesun god,Ra,was often referred to as a mountain of gold. The Royal Tomb was known as the "House of Gold". Thepharaohsof theOld Kingdomwere called the "Golden Horus".
InMiddle Egyptian,the hieroglyph for nebu is
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It was sometimes followed by the goddess determinative:
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- this changed its meaning to "the Golden One", an epithet ofHathor.[1]
The ancient Egyptian name for the city ofOmbos,Nebet, also used the nebu hieroglyph.[1]
References[edit]
- ^abFaulkner, Raymond Oliver(1962).A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian(11th ed.). Oxford, United Kingdom: Griffith Institute. p. 129.ISBN978-0-900416-32-3.OCLC4466599.
- Gold (nebu),egyptianmyths.net
- Egyptian Gold,aldokkan
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