ṯꜣtj

Egyptian
Imhotep, the deified ṯꜣtj of Pharaoh Djoser

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. vizier; the head of Egypt’s national administration [Since the Old Kingdom]
  2. the highest official in enumerations
  3. (later) a sub-official of the vizier
  4. Used of various gods: Thoth, Amon, and Har-wer. [Since the 18th Dynasty]
  5. (rare) Used of the king. [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection
Declension of ṯꜣtj (masculine)
singular ṯꜣtj
dual ṯꜣtjwj
plural ṯꜣtjw

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ṯꜣtj  



ṯꜣtj ṯꜣj ṯꜣt ṯꜣtj ṯꜣtj ṯꜣt
[Old Kingdom] [Old Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom] [since the Middle Kingdom]

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
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