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 | | Does >> anyone know what the the origin of this term is? Gonzalo Rubio replied: >Andrew, it comes from Greek Aigyptos (in Alexandrian times, probably >pronounced somehow like /egiptos/, with stress on the first syllable). |
 | | BTW, Don Redford mentioned to me last week that there is a Linear B version of Aigyptos as well (a-i-ku-pu-ti-jo) (sorry I don't have any other information or a cite). |
 | | Subject: Re: ane The origin of the term Gebtz - Aigyptos On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Isidoros wrote: > >Actually, the Linear B spelling is ai-ku-pi-ti-jo, "Egyptian", obviously, > >as you pointed out, from Eg. |
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