jzwt
Egyptian
Noun
f
- work-gang, team or crew of workers [since the Old Kingdom]
- crew of a boat, especially the solar barque [since the Old Kingdom]
- c. 2000–1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115), lines 7–8:
- jzwt.n jj.t(j) ꜥd.t(j) nn nhw n mšꜥ.n
- Our crew has come (back) intact, without loss to our expedition.
- c. 2000–1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115), lines 7–8:
- troop, band, or company of soldiers [since the New Kingdom]
- entourage or following of a king or god [Greco-Roman Period]
Inflection
Declension of jzwt (feminine)
singular | jzwt |
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dual | jzwtj |
plural | jzwwt |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jzwt
jzwt | jzwt | jzwt | jzyt | jzyt | jzyt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[Old Kingdom] | [Middle Kingdom] | [New Kingdom] | [Late Period] | [Greco-Roman Period] | [Greco-Roman Period] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
in papyri |
Derived terms
- ꜥꜣ n jzwt
- rmṯ jzwt
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jzwt
jswt |
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 223.
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 136
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926), “ı͗s·t”, in Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 127.11–127.17
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926), “ı͗sw·t”, in Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 128.10–128.13
- Reisner, George A. (1936) “The Dog which was Honored by the King of Upper and Lower Egypt” in Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, volume XXXIV, number 206, pages 96–99
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