TSL_1_27_00
Description: A water scorpion (nep cinerea).
Basic Form: full quadrat
Tag: insect, scorpion, water scorpion
Type: simple

Functions
Function type Semantic value Use
classifier Serqet regular

Tokens
TokenSourceDate

srq.t-ḥtw tp-ꜥ.w(y) ppy nfr-kꜣ-rꜥ
She who causes the throat to breathe in front of Pepi II Neferkare
Pepi II Neferkare

ḫrp srq.t n nswt tꜣ.wy jmn-ms
the Scorpion-specialist of the king of the Two-Lands, Amenmose, justified
Sety I Menmaatre
Bibliography
Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 478
Borghouts, J. F. (2010), Egyptian: an introduction to the writing and language of the Middle Kingdom, 2 vols. Egyptologische Uitgaven 24, page 79
Credits
Creator: TSL
Editor(s): J. Grotenhuis
Function type Phonetic value Semantic value Use
logogram srq.t Serket (goddess) regular

Tokens
TokenSourceDate

j.jz r=ṯ jr ḥw.wt srq.t
Go to the mansions of Serket
Pepi I Merire

n.t m-ḫt=f srq.t tp-ꜥ.w(y)=f
Neith is behind him, Serket is before him,
Pepi I Merire

srq.t tp-ꜥ.wy=f
Serqet is in front of him
Nemtiemsaf I Merenre I

sfḫ jmꜣ.w pn m-pḥ=f mj srq.t
This Imaou is purifying that which is behind him like Serket
Mentuhotep II Nebhepetre (complete reign)
Bibliography
Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 478
Borghouts, J. F. (2010), Egyptian: an introduction to the writing and language of the Middle Kingdom, 2 vols. Egyptologische Uitgaven 24, page 79
Credits
Creator: TSL
Editor(s):
Function type Phonetic value Semantic value Use
logogram srq.t scorpion regular

Tokens
TokenSourceDate

šnj.t nṯr šp tp=f šnj.t=ṯ ḏs=ṯ nn srq.t
the god, whose head is blind will be summoned; you yourself will be summoned here, scorpion.
Unas

šnj.t nṯr šp tp=f šnj.t=ṯ ḏs=ṯ nn srq.t
the god, whose head is blind will be summoned; you yourself will be summoned here, scorpion.
26th Dynasty
Bibliography
Credits
Creator: TSL
Editor(s):
Tokens
TSL_3_1403 00



[Source: Berliner Zeichenliste]
TSL_3_3529 00



[Source: Gardiner]
TSL_3_5358 00



[Source: Hornung & Schenkel]
TSL_3_6991 00



[Source: Jsesh]
TSL_3_6992 00
Function type Semantic value Use
classifier Serqet regular


srq.t-ḥtw tp-ꜥ.w(y) ppy nfr-kꜣ-rꜥ
She who causes the throat to breathe in front of Pepi II Neferkare
TSL_3_6993 00
Function type Phonetic value Semantic value Use
logogram srq.t Serket (goddess) regular


sfḫ jmꜣ.w pn m-pḥ=f mj srq.t
This Imaou is purifying that which is behind him like Serket
TSL_3_7172 00



[Source: Manuel de codage]
TSL_3_7173 00



[Source: Manuel de codage]
TSL_3_7174 00



[Source: Manuel de codage]
TSL_3_7175 00



[Source: Manuel de codage]
TSL_3_7541 00
Function type Phonetic value Semantic value Use
logogram srq.t Serket (goddess) regular


j.jz r=ṯ jr ḥw.wt srq.t
Go to the mansions of Serket
TSL_3_7542 00
Function type Phonetic value Semantic value Use
logogram srq.t scorpion regular


šnj.t nṯr šp tp=f šnj.t=ṯ ḏs=ṯ nn srq.t
the god, whose head is blind will be summoned; you yourself will be summoned here, scorpion.
TSL_3_19627 00
Function type Phonetic value Semantic value Use
logogram srq.t scorpion regular


šnj.t nṯr šp tp=f šnj.t=ṯ ḏs=ṯ nn srq.t
the god, whose head is blind will be summoned; you yourself will be summoned here, scorpion.
TSL_3_20900 00
Function type Phonetic value Semantic value Use
logogram srq.t Serket (goddess) regular


srq.t tp-ꜥ.wy=f
Serqet is in front of him
TSL_3_21149 00
Function type Phonetic value Semantic value Use
logogram srq.t Serket (goddess) regular


n.t m-ḫt=f srq.t tp-ꜥ.w(y)=f
Neith is behind him, Serket is before him,
TSL_3_24128 00
Function type Semantic value Use
classifier Serqet regular


ḫrp srq.t n nswt tꜣ.wy jmn-ms
the Scorpion-specialist of the king of the Two-Lands, Amenmose, justified
Bibliography
Borghouts, J. F. (2010), Egyptian: an introduction to the writing and language of the Middle Kingdom, 2 vols. Egyptologische Uitgaven 24, page 79, note 2
Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 478
Beaux, Nathalie (2024), Le signe composite L7 de la déesse Serket. In Allon, Niv (ed.), Signs of life: ancient Egyptian script, language, and writing. Studies in honour of Orly Goldwasser, 21-26
Aufrère, Sydney H. and Cathie Spieser (2021), Exit la nèpe (Nepa cinerea L., 1758), introït le scorpion (Leiurus quinquestriatus Ehrenberg, 1828), mécompris de Serqet (Selkis) et la maîtrise du souffle. In Aufrère, Sydney H. and Cathie Spieser (eds), Le microcosme animal en Égypte ancienne: de l'effroi à la vénération. Études d'archéo- et ethnoarthropodologie culturelle, 221-281
Codes
Gardiner  L7
Hieroglyphica  L7
IFAO  231,4
IFAO  231,5
Jsesh  L7
Unicode  U+131AB 𓆫
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Please cite as: Class TSL_1_27_00<http://thotsignlist.org/mytkclass?id=27&cl=00>, in: Thot Sign List <http://thotsignlist.org>,
edited by Université de Liège and Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften.

Credits
Creator: J. Grotenhuis
Editor(s): J. Grotenhuis
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