Hieroglyphic token class - Thot Sign List

TSL_1_6740_00

Description: A scribe's kit, consisting of a palette, ink or paint pouch and a reed pen.

Basic Form: full quadrat
Tag: writing implement
Type: simple

Functions

Function type	Semantic value	Use
classifier	writing	regular

Tokens

Token	Source	Date
	zš r-gs nswt ḏs[=f] which was written in the presence of the the king himself	Kakai Neferirkare I

Bibliography

Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 534

Credits

Creator: J. Grotenhuis
Editor(s):

Function type	Semantic value	Use
classifier	smooth	regular

Tokens

Token	Source	Date
	jw snꜥꜥ=s it is made smooth,	2nd half of the 16th century BC

Bibliography

Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 534

Credits

Creator: J. Grotenhuis
Editor(s):

Function type	Semantic value	Use
classifier	writing material	regular

Tokens

Token	Source	Date
	sš sš sḏ mnhḏ=k Scribe, scribe, break you palette,	Pepi I Merire

Bibliography

Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 534

Credits

Creator: J. Grotenhuis
Editor(s):

Function type	Phonetic value	Semantic value	Use
logogram	zš > sš	scribe	regular

Tokens

Token	Source	Date
	mḏḥ sš nswt mḏḥ mḥ.yt ḥm-nṯr sšꜣ.t ẖnt.t pr-mḏꜣ.t jry-ḫ.t-nswt ḥm bꜣ.w p ḥm-nṯr ḥr mḥ.t(y) ḥm-nṯr jnpw ꜥḏ-mr wḥꜥ The architect of the king, the fasioner of Mehyt, the priest of Seshat, formost of the archives of the keeper of the property of the king, the servant of the souls of Pe, the priest of the northern Horus, the priest of Anubis, the administrator of the fishers,	Khufu/Cheops
	sw.t nḥb-kꜣ.w ꜥšꜣ qꜣb.w pp.y p(w) sš nṯr mḏꜣ.t ḏd n.tt sḫpr jw.tt He is Nehebkau, many of windings. Pepi is the gods scribe of the book, who says what is and who creates what is not.	Pepi I Merire
	jr gr.t zẖꜣ.w nb šd.t(y)=f(y) ꜥb(ꜣ) pn rmṯ.w nb.t spr〈.ty〉=sn jr=f And as for any scribe who shall read this stela, (and) all people who shall reach it,	Senwosret I Kheperkare
	jnk sš jqr wr.t mnḫ mꜣꜥ n ḥm.t=f I am a very excellent scribe, truely efficient for his craft,	Senwosret I Kheperkare
	ḏd-mdw jn s.t jmn.t(y)t jm.y-r pr ḥsb jt sš jmn-m-ḥꜣ.t Recitation by the western desert: Steward, who recons the grain, the scribe Amenemhat	Tuthmosis III Menkheperre (complete reign)
	sbk-rꜥ ḫꜥ m wꜣs.t dj ḥtp n sš n(y)-sw.t jmn-ms.wj Sobek-Re, appearing in Thebes, who gives peace to the royal scribe, Amonmose.	Ramesses II Usermaatre-Setepenre

Bibliography

Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 534

Credits

Creator: TSL
Editor(s):

Function type	Phonetic value	Semantic value	Use
logogram	zš > sš	to write	regular

Tokens

Token	Source	Date
	zš m jt ntn ḫꜣ bd.t ntn š.t jt the writing about the grain: a count of 1000 emmer, a count of 100 grain.	Ini Nyuserre

Bibliography

Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 534

Credits

Creator: J. Grotenhuis
Editor(s):

Function type	Phonetic value	Semantic value	Use
logogram	snꜥꜥ	to make smooth	regular

Comment I am not really certain if this is correct, as all logogram sources from Papyrus Ebers are written directly after nD (to grind), so I almost wonder if it is not actually a classifier for nD.

Tokens

Token	Source	Date
	nḏ snꜥꜥ jr m ḫ.t wꜥ.t grind (it), make (it) smooth, make (it) as one thing	2nd half of the 16th century BC

Bibliography

Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 534

Credits

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

Function type	Phonetic value	Use
phono-repeater	ṯms	regular

Tokens

Token	Source	Date
	ppy p(w) sšd pw n ṯms.t pr m jḫ.t wr.t Pepi is this headband of red fabric which came forth from the great thing.	Pepi I Merire

Bibliography

Credits

Creator: J. Grotenhuis
Editor(s):

Tokens

TSL_3_14288 00

[Source: Jsesh]

TSL_3_15473 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Semantic value	Use
logogram	zš > sš	scribe	regular

sbk-rꜥ ḫꜥ m wꜣs.t dj ḥtp n sš n(y)-sw.t jmn-ms.wj
Sobek-Re, appearing in Thebes, who gives peace to the royal scribe, Amonmose.

TSL_3_17932 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Semantic value	Use
logogram	zš > sš	scribe	regular

ḏd-mdw jn s.t jmn.t(y)t jm.y-r pr ḥsb jt sš jmn-m-ḥꜣ.t
Recitation by the western desert: Steward, who recons the grain, the scribe Amenemhat

TSL_3_18420 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Semantic value	Use
logogram	zš > sš	scribe	regular

jr gr.t zẖꜣ.w nb šd.t(y)=f(y) ꜥb(ꜣ) pn rmṯ.w nb.t spr〈.ty〉=sn jr=f
And as for any scribe who shall read this stela, (and) all people who shall reach it,

TSL_3_19031 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Semantic value	Use
logogram	zš > sš	scribe	regular

sw.t nḥb-kꜣ.w ꜥšꜣ qꜣb.w pp.y p(w) sš nṯr mḏꜣ.t ḏd n.tt sḫpr jw.tt
He is Nehebkau, many of windings. Pepi is the gods scribe of the book, who says what is and who creates what is not.

TSL_3_19048 00

Function type	Semantic value	Use
classifier	writing	regular

zš r-gs nswt ḏs[=f]
which was written in the presence of the the king himself

TSL_3_19050 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Semantic value	Use
logogram	zš > sš	to write	regular

zš m jt ntn ḫꜣ bd.t ntn š.t jt
the writing about the grain: a count of 1000 emmer, a count of 100 grain.

TSL_3_19064 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Semantic value	Use
logogram	snꜥꜥ	to make smooth	regular

nḏ snꜥꜥ jr m ḫ.t wꜥ.t
grind (it), make (it) smooth, make (it) as one thing

TSL_3_19066 00

Function type	Semantic value	Use
classifier	smooth	regular

jw snꜥꜥ=s
it is made smooth,

TSL_3_19105 00

Function type	Semantic value	Use
classifier	writing material	regular

sš sš sḏ mnhḏ=k
Scribe, scribe, break you palette,

TSL_3_20267 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Semantic value	Use
logogram	zš > sš	scribe	regular

jnk sš jqr wr.t mnḫ mꜣꜥ n ḥm.t=f
I am a very excellent scribe, truely efficient for his craft,

TSL_3_21561 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Semantic value	Use
logogram	zš > sš	scribe	regular

mḏḥ sš nswt mḏḥ mḥ.yt ḥm-nṯr sšꜣ.t ẖnt.t pr-mḏꜣ.t jry-ḫ.t-nswt ḥm bꜣ.w p ḥm-nṯr ḥr mḥ.t(y) ḥm-nṯr jnpw ꜥḏ-mr wḥꜥ
The architect of the king, the fasioner of Mehyt, the priest of Seshat, formost of the archives of the keeper of the property of the king, the servant of the souls of Pe, the priest of the northern Horus, the priest of Anubis, the administrator of the fishers,

TSL_3_22804 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Use
phono-repeater	ṯms	regular

ppy p(w) sšd pw n ṯms.t pr m jḫ.t wr.t
Pepi is this headband of red fabric which came forth from the great thing.

Bibliography

Borghouts, J. F. (2010), Egyptian: an introduction to the writing and language of the Middle Kingdom, 2 vols. Egyptologische Uitgaven 24, page 162, note 2

Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 534

Codes

Gardiner Y3

Hieroglyphica Y3

Jsesh Y3

Unicode U+133DE 𓏞

Cite as

Please cite as: Class TSL_1_6740_00<http://thotsignlist.org/mytkclass?id=6740&cl=00>, in: Thot Sign List <http://thotsignlist.org>,
edited by Université de Liège and Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften.

Credits

Creator: TSL
Editor(s): J. Grotenhuis, L. Seelau, S.D. Schweitzer