The word w is attested in hieroglyphic and hieratic inscriptions from the Old Kingdom through the Greco-Roman period. We include the citation from P. Rylands with references to Griffith's discussion and the discussion of another scholar who has suggested a different reading and translation of the word in question. It also cites examples of the compound w-pqr, the name of the sacred district in the town of Abydos. Since the compound is a geographical name, we also provide a reference to Gauthier's geographical dictionary, in which are collected examples of the term from hieroglyphic texts of all periods accompanied by a discussion of the localization of the term. In the one example from these three texts in which the geographical term w-pq is found in conjunction with the name of a deity, the passage is cited in full, giving the name and epithets of the deity.
Demotic texts contain examples of the noun w in two other compounds.
We provide references to discussions of the reading and meaning and localization of the compound. Because every example of the word w in our corpus is included in this entry, an infinity sign is added to the initial citation, in transliteration, of the word. Sample page of the Demotic Dictionary. Sample page of associated appendices. The final step is insertion of the facsimiles of the individual citations.