ꜣꜥꜥt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun

 f

  1. (Late Egyptian) vessel, container, jar
    • c. 1150 BCE, Papyrus Harris I, plate 15a, lines 7–10:[1][2]



       
       
       
       
       




       
       



       
       
       
       
       
       





       



      [...]
      ꜥḏw ⸢ḥḏ⸣ mnt
       
       
      911
      ꜥḏw rꜣ mnt
       
       
      385
      smy mnt
       
       
      20
      dmḏ ꜣꜥꜥt dns
       
       
      9125
      [...]
      ⸢White⸣ fat: 911 jars
      Goose fat: 385 jars
      Curds: 20 jars
      Total of weighted jars: 9125

Usage notes
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
Declension of ꜣꜥꜥt (feminine)
singular ꜣꜥꜥt
dual ꜣꜥꜥtj
plural ꜣꜥꜥwt

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣꜥꜥt  


ꜣꜥꜥwt ꜣꜥꜥ ꜣꜥꜥ

References
  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) “ꜣꜥꜥ·t”, in Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →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, page 2
  1. Erichsen, Wolja (1933) Papyrus Harris I: Hieroglyphische Transkription, Brussels, p.18
  2. 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
  3. See, for instance, the signs in Möller, Georg (1909​–1936) Hieratische Paläographie, Leipzig, vol. 1, pp. 47–48.
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