offering formula

noun — 2 senses

offering formula

noun
1

a conventional Ancient Egyptian dedicatory text inscribed on funerary objects, beginning with the phrase ḥtp ḏj or ḥtp ḏj nswt and indicating a funerary gift authorized by the king and provided by the funerary establishment of a local god

2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see offering, formula.

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