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Egyptian [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ] f
( Late Egyptian ) vessel , container , jar
c. 1150 BCE , Papyrus Harris I , plate 15a, lines 7–10:[1] [2] [...]ꜣꜥꜥt dns9125 [...]jars : 9125 Usage notes [ edit ] There seems to be some confusion over the determinative used in this word; Lesko renders it
, while Erman and Grapow render it
, but in the slips used for compiling their dictionary it is rendered identically to
. The original word (and so the determinative) is attested only in hieratic, where the sign most closely resembles other hieratic writings of
.
[3] Inflection [ edit ]
Declension of ꜣꜥꜥt (feminine)
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣꜥꜥt
References [ edit ] Erman, Adolf , Grapow, Hermann (1926 ) “ꜣꜥꜥ·t”, in Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache [1] →ISBN page 3.6 Lesko, Leonard , Lesko, Barbara (2002 ) “ꜣꜥꜥ(w)t”, in A Dictionary of Late Egyptian , second edition, volume 1, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN
^ Erichsen, Wolja (1933) Papyrus Harris I: Hieroglyphische Transkription , Brussels, p.18
^ Birch, Samuel (1876) Facsimile of an Egyptian Hieratic papyrus of the reign of Ramses III, now in the British Museum , London, p.9 and Plate 15a
^ See, for instance, the signs in Möller, Georg (1909–1936) Hieratische Paläographie , Leipzig, vol. 1, pp. 47–48.
