zššt

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Egyptian

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Etymology

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zšš (to play the sistrum) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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z
S
S
tY8

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  1. sistrum [since the Middle Kingdom]
    Synonym: sḫm
    irz
    S
    S
    tY8
    jrj zšštto play sistrum (+ n: for (someone); + n ḥr: before (someone))

Usage notes

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The terms sḫm and zššt seem to have at times referred to two different kinds of sistrum; while the hieroglyph
Y8
could always be used in writings for both (though as a logogram only for sḫm), the hieroglyph
Y18
was originally only used in writings of zššt, while by the Greco-Roman Period it came to instead be used exclusively with sḫm.

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