sšpt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

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(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

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