nḥ.jj
Spellings
“the wished one (masc.)”
- Name types:
- name-bearer’s birth was desired, asked for, passive participle
- Usage period:
- Late Middle Kingdom - Second Intermediate Period
- Gender:
- both
- References:
- Ranke no.: / TLA no.: / Scheele-Schweitzer no.:
- Bibliography:
- Rosati Castellucci 1980, no. 74
Spellings & Attestations
- Date:
- 13th Dyn., Sekhemkara
- Dossier:
- nḥjj (accepted)
- Title:
- jrj-ꜥt n pr-ḥḏ
- Date:
- 13th Dyn., Sekhemkara
- Title:
- jrj-ꜥt
- Date:
- 13th Dyn.
- Dossier:
- PD 334 (accepted)
- Title:
- jrj-ꜥt n šnꜥw
- Date:
- 13th Dyn.
- Dossier:
- PD 334 (accepted)
- Origin:
- MFR
- Date:
- late 12th Dyn.
- Title:
- ḥꜣtj-ꜥ
m Seal/sealing Berlin ÄM 32525
- Title:
- sšrj nsw
- Provenance:
- Shibin el-Qanatir
- Origin:
- Heliopolis
- Date:
- 13th Dyn.
- Dossier:
- Martin 771-772a (weak)
m Seal/sealing Berlin ÄM 32526
- Title:
- sšrj nsw
- Origin:
- Heliopolis
- Date:
- 13th Dyn.
- Dossier:
- Martin 771-772a (weak)
m Seal/sealing Berrien Springs, Siegfried H. Horn Museum 62.003
- Title:
- sš (n) qnbtj
- Date:
- 12th - 13th Dyn.
- Origin:
- MFR
- Date:
- late 12th Dyn.
- Production place:
- Tod
- Date:
- SIP
- Date:
- 13th Dyn.
- Title:
- jmj-rꜣ wꜥrt n qstjw
- Origin:
- Dahshur
- Date:
- late 12th Dyn. - early 13th Dyn.
- Production place:
- Thebes
- Date:
- Amenemhat IV–early 13th Dyn.
m Block Boston 1972.17 + Cairo TN 1.6.24.11
- Title:
- jrj-pꜥt; ḥꜣtj-ꜥ; jmj-rꜣ ḥwt-nṯr
- Origin:
- Kom el-Hisn
- Dossier:
- PD 542 (accepted)
m Implements and utensils Bourriau, Millard , JEA 57, 31-32 fig. 1, pl. XVIII
- Title:
- rḫtj n pr-ꜥnḫ
- Provenance:
- Akhmim
- Date:
- not earlier than Amenemhat IV
? Implements and utensils Cairo CG 9436
- Provenance:
- Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
- Date:
- early 12th Dyn. or 13th Dyn.
- Provenance:
- Abydos
- Date:
- late 12th Dyn. - early 13th Dyn.
- Provenance:
- Abydos
- Date:
- late 12th Dyn. - early 13th Dyn.
- Title:
- wdpw
- Provenance:
- Abydos
- Origin:
- MFR
- Date:
- 13th Dyn., Senbi
- Dossier:
- Ilin-Tomich, BiOr 71, 143 (7) (accepted)
- Title:
- ẖrd n kꜣp
- Provenance:
- Abydos
- Date:
- 13th Dyn., Senebsumai
- Title:
- ẖrj-ḥb ḥrj-tp
- Provenance:
- Armant
- Date:
- SIP
- Date:
- SIP
- Provenance:
- Abydos
- Date:
- late 12th Dyn.
- Title:
- jrj-ꜥt n jmj-rꜣ pr-wr
- Provenance:
- Abydos
- Date:
- 13th Dyn.
- Provenance:
- Abydos
- Origin:
- SUE
- Production place:
- Elephantine
- Date:
- 13th - 17th Dyn.
- Title:
- sš n ḫnrt wr
- Provenance:
- Abydos
- Date:
- not earlier than Amenemhat IV
- Dossier:
- sš n ḫnrt wr nḥjj (weak)
- Title:
- nbt pr
- Provenance:
- Abydos
- Date:
- 13th Dyn.
- Title:
- sš n mšꜥ
- Date:
- 13th Dyn.
- Title:
- wr mḏw šmꜥw
- Date:
- mid- to late 13th Dynasty, from Neferhotep I onward
- Dossier:
- wr mḏw šmꜥw nḥjj (weak)
- Title:
- sšrj nsw
- Origin:
- Heliopolis
- Date:
- mid- to late 13th Dynasty, from Neferhotep I onward
- Dossier:
- Martin 771-772a (weak)
m Seal/sealing Cambridge 2003.46
- Title:
- jrj-ꜥt
- Date:
- 13th Dyn.
- Dossier:
- PD 334 (weak)
- Title:
- ṯꜣw n sš ḥrj ḫtm
- Production place:
- Thebes
- Date:
- 13th Dyn., Ankhu
- Date:
- 13th - 17th Dyn.
f Seal/sealing Fitzwilliam E.Sc.174
- Date:
- 12th Dyn.
m Seal/sealing Fitzwilliam E.Sc.180
- Title:
- jmj-rꜣ ꜥẖnwtj n kꜣp
- Origin:
- MFR
- Date:
- 12th - 13th Dyn.
- Provenance:
- Abusir Rock
- Date:
- 13th - 17th Dyn.
- Title:
- wdpw ꜥq
- Date:
- 13th Dyn., Senbi
- Dossier:
- Ilin-Tomich, BiOr 71, 143 (7) (accepted)
- Title:
- jmj-rꜣ ḥmtjw
- Date:
- late 13th Dyn. from Sobekhotep IV onward
m Stela Habachi, Heqaib, no. 47
- Title:
- jmj-rꜣ pr-wr
- Provenance:
- Elephantine
- Date:
- 13th Dyn., Senbi
m Stela Habachi, Heqaib, no. 47
- Title:
- jmj-rꜣ pr
- Provenance:
- Elephantine
- Date:
- 13th Dyn., Senbi
- Dossier:
- PD 332 (weak)
m Stela Habachi, Heqaib, no. 91
- Title:
- jmj-rꜣ pr-wr
- Provenance:
- Elephantine
- Date:
- 13th - 17th Dyn.
- Title:
- jdnw (n) sḏm rmṯ
- Production place:
- Thebes
- Date:
- Sobekhotep III sḫm-rꜥ swꜣḏ-ṯꜣwj sbk-ḥtp
- Production place:
- Thebes
- Date:
- Sobekhotep III sḫm-rꜥ swꜣḏ-ṯꜣwj sbk-ḥtp
- Production place:
- Thebes
- Date:
- Neferhotep I - Sobekhotep IV
- Title:
- ꜥnḫ-n-njwt
- Production place:
- MFR
- Date:
- 13th Dyn.
- Date:
- 13th Dyn.
- Title:
- sḫm-ꜥ
- Production place:
- Thebes
- Date:
- late 13th - 16th Dyn.
- Title:
- jmj-rꜣ st n ꜥt jwf
- Origin:
- MFR
- Production place:
- MFR
- Date:
- 13th Dyn., ca. Senbi
- Dossier:
- Ilin-Tomich, BiOr 71, 143 (8) (accepted)
- Title:
- ḥꜣtj-ꜥ; jmj-rꜣ ḥmw-nṯr
- Production place:
- Antaeopolis
- Date:
- 13th Dyn.
- Provenance:
- Abydos
- Title:
- jrj-ḫt ꜥq
- Provenance:
- Kerma
- Dossier:
- jrj-ḫt ꜥq nḥjj (weak)
m Seal/sealing Martin, MDAIK 35, no. 56
- Title:
- sš n ḫnrt wr
- Origin:
- Thebes
- Date:
- late 13th Dyn. from Sobekhotep IV onward
- Dossier:
- sš n ḫnrt wr nḥjj (weak)
m Seal/sealing Mirgissa 3-42 (Q 237)
- Title:
- jmj-rꜣ šnṯ
- Provenance:
- Mirgissa
- Date:
- not earlier than Amenemhat IV
m Seal/sealing Mirgissa 3-56 (Q 372)
- Title:
- wr mḏw šmꜥw
- Provenance:
- Mirgissa
- Dossier:
- wr mḏw šmꜥw nḥjj (weak)
- Date:
- not earlier than Amenemhat IV
- Title:
- nbt pr
- Origin:
- Thebes
- Production place:
- SUE
- Date:
- 13th Dyn.
- Dossier:
- DAEW 176+177 (accepted)
- Origin:
- Thebes
- Production place:
- Thebes
- Date:
- late 13th - 16th Dyn.
- Dossier:
- DAEW 176+177 (accepted)
f Rock inscription Petrie, Season, no. 50
- Provenance:
- Konosso
- Date:
- not earlier than Amenemhat IV
f Rock inscription Petrie, Season, no. 72
- Provenance:
- Aswan-Philae road
- Date:
- mid-12th Dyn. - 13th Dyn.
m Rock inscription Petrie, Season, no. 87
- Title:
- ḫtmw-bjtj; jmj-rꜣ ꜣḥwt
- Provenance:
- Aswan-Philae road
- Date:
- early 13th Dyn.
- Dossier:
- PD 333 (accepted)
f Rock inscription Petrie, Season, no. 88
- Provenance:
- Aswan-Philae road
- Date:
- late 12th - 13th Dyn.
m Rock inscription Petrie, Season, no. 88
- Provenance:
- Aswan-Philae road
- Date:
- late 12th - 13th Dyn.
m Rock inscription Petrie, Season, no. 114
- Title:
- ḫtmw-bjtj; jmj-rꜣ ꜣḥwt
- Provenance:
- Aswan-Philae road
- Date:
- early 13th Dyn.
- Dossier:
- PD 333 (accepted)
f Rock inscription Petrie, Season, no. 114
- Provenance:
- Aswan-Philae road
- Date:
- early 13th Dyn.
f Rock inscription Petrie, Season, no. 141
- Title:
- nbt pr
- Provenance:
- Aswan-Philae road
- Date:
- early 13th Dyn.
f Rock inscription Petrie, Season, no. 149
- Provenance:
- Aswan-Philae road
- Date:
- mid-12th Dyn. - 13th Dyn.
m Rock inscription Petrie, Season, no. 267-268
- Title:
- ḥrj-pr n ḥwt-nṯr
- Provenance:
- Aswan
- Date:
- early 13th Dyn. up to Neferhotep I
m Rock inscription Petrie, Season, no. 267-268
- Provenance:
- Aswan
- Date:
- early 13th Dyn. up to Neferhotep I
m Rock inscription Petrie, Season, no. 267-268
- Provenance:
- Aswan
- Date:
- early 13th Dyn. up to Neferhotep I
m Rock inscription Petrie, Season, no. 286
- Title:
- mtj dd nbw
- Provenance:
- Aswan
- Date:
- late 12th Dyn. - early 13th Dyn.
m Block Rio de Janeiro 637/638 [2428]
- Title:
- ꜥnḫ-n-njwt
- Date:
- Neferhotep I - Sobekhotep IV
f Stela Roccati, Gs Berlev, no. 1
- Date:
- 13th Dyn., Senebsumai
- Title:
- nbt pr
- Provenance:
- Sehel
- Date:
- 13th Dyn., Senebsumai
- Title:
- jꜥꜣw
- Provenance:
- Wadi Maghara
- Date:
- Amenemhat III nj-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-m-ḥꜣt
- Title:
- ḫtmw-nṯr; jmj-rꜣ ꜥẖnwtj; jmj-rꜣ tꜣ-mḥw; šmsw [...]
- Provenance:
- Serabit el-Khadim
- Date:
- Amenemhat III nj-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-m-ḥꜣt
- Dossier:
- PD 335 (accepted)
- Title:
- wꜥb ꜥꜣ n spdw
- Date:
- 13th Dyn.
- Production place:
- MFR
- Date:
- 13th Dyn., ca. Senbi
- Production place:
- MFR
- Date:
- 13th Dyn., Senebsumai
- Title:
- jmj-rꜣ st n ꜥt ḥnqt
- Date:
- 13th - 17th Dyn.
- Title:
- nbt pr
- Date:
- 13th - 17th Dyn.
- Title:
- nbt pr
- Date:
- 13th - 17th Dyn.
- Title:
- rḫ-nsw
- Date:
- 12th - 13th Dyn.
- Dossier:
- rḫ-nsw nḥjj (weak)
- Provenance:
- Lahun
- Date:
- late 12th - 13th Dyn.
- Title:
- nbt pr
- Date:
- 13th - 17th Dyn.
- Title:
- wdpw; jrj-jꜥḥ
- Date:
- 13th Dyn., Senbi
- Title:
- wbꜣw
- Date:
- 13th Dyn., Senebsumai
- Title:
- sš ḥrj ḫtm
- Date:
- late 12th Dyn. - early 13th Dyn.
- Title:
- nbt pr
- Date:
- 13th Dyn., Senebsumai
- Dossier:
- DAEW 178 (accepted)
m Seal/sealing Berlin ÄM 32522
- Title:
- jmj-rꜣ pr; ḥsb (n) sšmw
- Date:
- mid- to late 13th Dynasty, from Neferhotep I onward
- Dossier:
- Martin 760-761 (weak)
m Seal/sealing Berlin ÄM 32523
- Title:
- jmj-rꜣ pr; ḥsb (n) sšmw
- Date:
- late 13th Dyn. from Sobekhotep IV onward
- Dossier:
- Martin 760-761 (weak)
m Seal/sealing Berlin ÄM 32524
- Title:
- wr mḏw šmꜥw
- Provenance:
- Bubastis
- Date:
- ca. Neferhotep I - Sobekhotep IV
- Dossier:
- wr mḏw šmꜥw nḥjj (weak)
- Provenance:
- Abydos
- Date:
- 13th Dyn., Senebsumai
- Title:
- wꜥb n ḥwt-ḥr nbt jwnt
- Provenance:
- Abydos
- Date:
- 13th Dyn., Senebsumai
- Dossier:
- de Meulenaere, BiOr 43, 77 (2) (accepted)
- Title:
- jmj-rꜣ w
- Provenance:
- Abydos
- Date:
- SIP
- Title:
- wꜥb n ḥwt-ḥr nb(t) jwnt
- Provenance:
- Abydos
- Production place:
- MFR
- Date:
- 13th Dyn., Senebsumai
- Dossier:
- de Meulenaere, BiOr 43, 77 (2) (accepted)
- Title:
- šmsw
- Provenance:
- Abydos
- Date:
- 13th Dyn., Senbi
- Title:
- ḥm-kꜣ ꜥꜣ n jtj-nṯr s-n-wsrt mꜣꜥ-ḫrw
- Provenance:
- Thebes
- Date:
- late 12th - 13th Dyn.
- Title:
- wḥꜥ
- Production place:
- Thebes
- Date:
- Sobekhotep III sḫm-rꜥ swꜣḏ-ṯꜣwj sbk-ḥtp
- Title:
- rḫ-nsw
- Title:
- jrj ꜥḏ
- Date:
- not earlier than Amenemhat IV
- Title:
- jrj ꜥḏ
- Date:
- not earlier than Amenemhat IV
- Title:
- jmj-rꜣ st n ꜥt jrṯt
- Date:
- not earlier than Amenemhat IV
- Dossier:
- DAE 108 (weak)
m Hieratic text P. Boulaq 18, larger manuscript
- Title:
- jrj-pḏt
- Provenance:
- Thebes
- Date:
- 13th Dyn., Ankhu
- Title:
- sꜣb; rꜣ-nḫn
- Date:
- SIP
- Dossier:
- DAE 107 (weak)
- Title:
- sꜣb; rꜣ-nḫn
- Date:
- SIP
- Title:
- ꜥnḫ-n-njwt
- Date:
- SIP
- Title:
- wꜥb n jnpw
- Date:
- SIP
- Provenance:
- Elephantine
- Date:
- 13th Dyn.
m Hieratic text Berlin P. 10446 a
- Title:
- bꜣk n pr-ḏt
- Provenance:
- Lahun
- Date:
- late 12th - 13th Dyn.
- Title:
- jmj-rꜣ st
- Origin:
- MFR
- Date:
- Neferhotep I - Sobekhotep IV
- Dossier:
- Ilin-Tomich, BiOr 71, 143 (8) (accepted)
- Provenance:
- Abusir Rock
- Provenance:
- Saidnambi
- Title:
- ꜥnḫ-n-njwt
- Provenance:
- Saidnambi
f Stela Habachi, Heqaib, no. 86
- Provenance:
- Elephantine
- Date:
- late 12th - 13th Dyn.
f Stela Habachi, Heqaib, no. 86
- Provenance:
- Elephantine
- Date:
- late 12th - 13th Dyn.
m Rock inscription Petrie, Season, no. 80
- Title:
- ꜥnḫ-n-njwt
- Provenance:
- Aswan-Philae road
- Date:
- mid-12th Dyn. - 13th Dyn.
f Rock inscription Petrie, Season, no. 86
- Provenance:
- Aswan-Philae road
- Date:
- early 13th Dyn.
f Rock inscription Petrie, Season, no. 87
- Provenance:
- Aswan-Philae road
- Date:
- early 13th Dyn.
f Rock inscription Petrie, Season, no. 89
- Provenance:
- Aswan-Philae road
- Date:
- mid-12th Dyn. - 13th Dyn.
f Rock inscription Petrie, Season, no. 137
- Provenance:
- Aswan-Philae road
- Date:
- late 12th Dyn.
- Dossier:
- DAEW 370 (accepted)
- Title:
- jrj-pꜥt; ḥꜣtj-ꜥ; jmj-rꜣ ḥwt-nṯr
- Dossier:
- PD 542 (accepted)
m Rock inscription Petrie, Season, no. 355
- Provenance:
- Aswan
- Date:
- mid-12th Dyn. - 13th Dyn.
m Architectural element Wien ÄS 186
- Production place:
- MFR
- Date:
- 13th Dyn.
- Date:
- SIP
- Provenance:
- Abydos
- Date:
- late 12th - 13th Dyn.
- Provenance:
- Esna
- Date:
- 13th - 17th Dyn.
- Title:
- jmj-rꜣ ꜥẖnwtj; jmj-rꜣ tꜣ-mḥw
- Provenance:
- Serabit el-Khadim
- Date:
- Amenemhat III nj-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-m-ḥꜣt
- Dossier:
- PD 335 (accepted)
- Title:
- wr mḏw šmꜥw
- Date:
- Amenemhat IV–early 13th Dyn.
- Dossier:
- wr mḏw šmꜥw nḥjj (weak)
- Title:
- jrj-ḫt ꜥq
- Dossier:
- jrj-ḫt ꜥq nḥjj (weak)
m Rock inscription de Morgan, Cat. I, 39 (168)
- Provenance:
- Aswan
- Date:
- early 12th Dyn. or 13th Dyn.
- Title:
- sšrj nsw
- Origin:
- Heliopolis
- Date:
- ca. Neferhotep I - Sobekhotep IV
- Dossier:
- Martin 771-772a (weak)
- Title:
- nbt pr
- Provenance:
- Elephantine
- Origin:
- SUE
- Date:
- 13th - 17th Dyn.
f Stela Roccati, Gs Berlev, no. 1
- Date:
- 13th Dyn., Senebsumai
f Stela Roccati, Gs Berlev, no. 1
- Date:
- 13th Dyn., Senebsumai
m Implements and utensils Altenmüller, Zeichen der Apotropaia, no. 240
- Title:
- wr mḏw šmꜥw
m Stela Habachi, Heqaib, no. 47
- Provenance:
- Elephantine
- Date:
- 13th Dyn., Senbi
- Dossier:
- PD 331 (accepted)
- Title:
- nbt pr
- Provenance:
- Abydos
- Date:
- late 12th - 13th Dyn.
m Rock inscription Petrie, Season, no. 280
- Title:
- wꜥb
- Provenance:
- Aswan
m Hieratic text Berlin P. 10370
- Provenance:
- Lahun
- Date:
- late 12th - 13th Dyn.
m Hieratic text P. Boulaq 18, larger manuscript
- Title:
- smsw hꜣjjt
- Provenance:
- Thebes
- Date:
- 13th Dyn., Ankhu
- Title:
- rḫ-nsw
- Date:
- 12th - 13th Dyn.
- Dossier:
- rḫ-nsw nḥjj (weak)
m Stela Arte Primitivo, 26.10.2009, no. 245
- Title:
- sꜣb; rꜣ-nḫn
- Date:
- SIP
m Rock inscription Gebel Tjauti 15
- Dossier:
- jmj-ḫt; sꜣ-prw nḥjj (DAE 1*) (weak)
m Stela Wilbour MSS 4D, 57 (3)
- Title:
- wr mḏw šmꜥw
- Origin:
- Thebes
- Provenance:
- Dahshur
- Date:
- mid- to late 12th Dyn.
- Title:
- ḥsw
- Date:
- 12th Dyn.
generic
- Provenance:
- Saidnambi
Dossiers (multiple attestations of the same persons)
DAEW 176+177: attestations 78, 79
DAEW 178: attestations 19, 113
DAEW 370: attestations 138, 149
Ilin-Tomich, BiOr 71, 143 (7): attestations 26, 51
Ilin-Tomich, BiOr 71, 143 (8): attestations 69, 139
Martin 760-761: attestations 114, 115
Martin 771-772a: attestations 7, 8, 41, 164
PD 331: attestations 14, 63, 70, 96, 169
PD 332: attestations 55, 60, 131, 150
PD 336: attestations 34, 47, 124
de Meulenaere, BiOr 43, 77 (2): attestations 118, 120
jmj-ḫt; sꜣ-prw nḥjj (DAE 1*): attestations 176
jrj-ḫt ꜥq nḥjj: attestations 73, 162
rḫ-nsw nḥjj: attestations 106, 174
sš n ḫnrt wr nḥjj: attestations 36, 74
wr mḏw šmꜥw nḥjj: attestations 40, 76, 116, 160