sšpt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /saˈʃaːpat/ → /ˈʃaːpaʔ/ → /ˈʃaːpa/ → /ˈʃoːpə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /saˈʃaːpat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːpaʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːpa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃoːpə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛʃpɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: seshpet

Noun

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1. (collective) melon(s), possibly muskmelon(s) or cucumber(s)
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 49–50:

     kꜣw jm ḥnꜥ nq(ꜥ)wt sšpt mj jr.t(w).s

     Unripe sycamore figs were there along with ripe ones, and muskmelons as if cultivated.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sšpt  

šspt

Descendants

• Demotic: špj, šwbj
  • Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲱⲡⲓ (šōpi)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ϣⲱⲡⲉ (šōpe)

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 129