The Determinative in the Ancient Egyptian Language

Document Type : Original Article

10.21608/archmu.2025.342956.1268

Abstract

The god Seth has been associated with
brutality and violence since his birth. He also
killed his brother Osiris and cut off his body out
because of jealousy and hatred. This was the
reason for using his sign as a determinative
within some words associated with the
meanings of evil, anger, and chaos, whether by
using his animal determinative or or the
determinative of the sitting man with head of
Seth . The latter is the subject of this research
paper, where the words that end with it express
the meanings of illness, suffering and affliction.
They were mentioned in various textual
resources sources which will be studied here to
determine the contexts in which they were used.
It also aims to track the different textual sources
that included it.

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