sqbb ( “ to make cool, to refresh ” ) + -w + -j .
m
A room of some kind found in luxurious houses . The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: [Old Kingdom to Middle Kingdom]
c. 1859 BCE – 1840 BCE ,
The Story of Sinuhe, version B (pBerlin 3022 and pAmherst n-q) line 286–287:
[1] rdj.kw r pr zꜣ-nswt špssw jm.f sqbbwj jm.f ꜥẖmw nw ꜣḫt […] I was put in a prince’s house with finery in it, a room of refreshment in it, and cultic images of the Akhet, […]
cool room for storing food and drink
bathroom
Declension of sqbbwj (masculine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sqbbwj
sqbbw
sqbbwj
[Old Kingdom]
[Old Kingdom]
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^ Allen, James Peter (2015 ) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN , pages 147–148