ḏbꜣt

Egyptian

Etymology

ḏbꜣ +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛbɑt/
- Conventional anglicization: djebat

Noun

f

sarcophagus (in general) [Middle Kingdom literature]
specifically, the stone outer sarcophagus (in contrast to the inner sarcophagus)
shrine of a god [Late Period to Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

Declension of ḏbꜣt (feminine)

singular	ḏbꜣt
dual	ḏbꜣtj
plural	ḏbꜣwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏbꜣt

D46 [d]

D58 [b]

X1 [t]

O1 [pr]

dbt

[New Kingdom]

References

Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 561.8–561.12
Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 321

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