TSL_1_794
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Description: Man, with short beard, seated on a chair.
Category: Men and their occupations [Gardiner A]
Basic Form: full quadrat
Tag: beardholding nothingmanmummyformnobleseated on chair
Type: composite
Note that the man is considered to be of rank.
Components
TSL_1_807_00
Bibliography
Borghouts, J. F. (2010), Egyptian: an introduction to the writing and language of the Middle Kingdom, 2 vols. Egyptologische Uitgaven 24, page 21, note 5
Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 447
Codes
Gardiner  A50
Hieroglyphica  A50
Jsesh  A50
Unicode  U+1303B 𓀻
Cite as

Please cite as: Sign TSL_1_794 <http://thotsignlist.org/mysign?id=794>, in: Thot Sign List <http://thotsignlist.org>,
edited by Université de Liège and Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften.

Credits
Creator: L. Seelau
Editor(s): J. Grotenhuis, L. Seelau, S.D. Schweitzer, M. Bader
classifier (4 function(s))
Phonetic value Semantic value Use
first person singular regular
Comment Use currently only known, in hieratic, from a group of coffins from Deir el-Bersheh, dating from Sesostris II to Sesostris III (Willems group D and E).
Tokens
TokenSourceDate

mꜣ.n wj nnw ḫpr.kwj
Noun saw me while I came to be,
Senwosret II Khakheperre
Bibliography
Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 447
Credits
Creator: L. Seelau
Editor(s): J. Grotenhuis
god regular

Tokens
TokenSourceDate

i҆tm
Atoum
Senwosret I Kheperkare
Bibliography
Credits
Creator: E. Joubert
Editor(s):
noble person regular

Tokens
TokenSourceDate

sꜥḥ.w
nobles
Senwosret I Kheperkare
Bibliography
Credits
Creator: E. Joubert
Editor(s):
revered person regular

Tokens
TokenSourceDate

jnk mr.y n jtj ḥz.y n mw.t=f mrr.w zn.wt=f
I am one who is beloved of the father, praised by his mother, whom his siblings love.
9th/10th Dynasties

jt.w=f m ẖry.t-nṯr
his fathers in the necropolis
11th Dynasty

n ḫtm.w-bj.ty smr wꜣ.t (j)m(.y)-r ḫtm.t mrw
to the sealbearer of the king of lower Egypt, the sole companion, the overseer of the treasury, Meru.
Mentuhotep II Nebhepetre (complete reign)

sꜥnḫ.n=j rn n jt.w=j gm.n=j wš ḥr sbꜣ.w
I caused the name of my fathers to live, which I found destroyed upon the doorways,
Amenemhat II Nebukaure

jw=j m jꜣḫ.y n-ḫr nswt ḥs.t=j ḫr šn.wt=f jꜣm.t=j m-bꜣḥ smr.w=f
I was as a honoured one before the king, my praise was with his entourage, my graciousness was in front of his companions.
Amenemhat II Nebukaure

jn ḥꜣp ẖ.t jw.tj pr.t jb ꜥq n ḥw.t-nbw wsr-ḥꜣ.t
by the discreet one, not impatient, who enters the mansion of gold, Userhat
Tutankhamun Nebkheperure

zẖꜣ.w-nzw ẖr.j-ḥꜣb.t ḥr.j-tp jm.j-r'-pr jwn.y mꜣꜥ-ḫrw
royal scribe, chief lector, steward, Iuny, justified.
Sety I Menmaatre

ms sšm.w n(.w) nṯr.w nb.w m ḥw.t-nbw jn-ḥr-ḫꜥ(.w) mꜣꜥ-ḫrw ḫr skr
who fashions the statues of all the gods in the mansion of gold, Inherkhaou, justified under Sokar.
Ramesses III Usermaatre-Meriamun
Bibliography
Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 447
Credits
Creator: TSL
Editor(s): S.D. Schweitzer, M. Bader, L. Seelau, J. Grotenhuis

logogram (2 function(s))
Phonetic value Semantic value Use
j first person singular regular
Comment Use currently only known, in hieratic, from a group of coffins from Deir el-Bersheh, dating from Sesostris II to Sesostris III (Willems group D and E).
Tokens
TokenSourceDate

jw=j m-ḏr ꜣḫ.w
I am with the sunshine.
Senwosret II Khakheperre
Bibliography
Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 447
Credits
Creator: J. Grotenhuis
Editor(s): J. Grotenhuis
špsj to be noble regular

Tokens
TokenSourceDate

ḥr(.y)-sštꜣ ḫrp ḥw.t ṯhn.t ptḥ-špss
the keeper of secrets, the director of the mansion of faience, Ptahshepeses
5th Dynasty

jw g〈r〉g.n=(j) pr jt=(j) šps mḥ.n=(j) sw m [špss]
I established the house of my honorable father and filled it with precious things.
1st Intermediate Period

jnk ꜥꜣ m njw.t=f sps m pr=f jwn ꜥꜣ n ꜣb.t=f
I am one who is great in his city, who is noble in his house, a great pillar for his family.
11th Dynasty (after reunification)

djdj mṯꜣm.w n nfr.wt djdj škr.w n mr.wt nswt (j)m(.y)-r nwḏ.w šps.w
who gives garments to the beautiful ones, who gives ornaments to the beloved ones of the king, the overseer of noble ointments,
11th Dynasty (after reunification)

ḥr ḫpr=j m ḥꜥ.w n(.w) nṯr pn špsj
because I come to be from the body of this noble god
Mentuhotep II Nebhepetre (complete reign)

jy.w.n=j gr.t r jz pn r r(w)d n(.j) nṯr-šps(.j) wꜥr.t-ꜥꜣ.t-hmh(m).t
I have now come to this tomb at the Terrace of the Noble God, the great ground of shouting
Senwosret I Kheperkare

jnk ḫḏ.y nfr špss
I am one rich in goodness and nobility.
Senwosret I Kheperkare

jr.t n=f jwn.yt šps.t sḥb.t tꜣ.wy m nfr.w=s
Making for him the noble pillared hall, which makes the two lands festive with its beauty.
Tuthmosis I Aakheperkare

sꜥḥꜥ n=f tḫn.wy wr.wy r sbꜣ šps wr-šf.(y)t-jmn
erecting for him two great obelisks at the noble gate Wer-shefyt-amon
Hatshepsut Maatkare

nṯr pn šps ḥnꜥ twt n ḥm=i̓
this noble god is with the image of my majesty
19th Dynasty

Wsjr jmy-rꜣ kꜣ.t n(y) kꜣ.t nb wr n(y) Jmn Mw.t Ḫnsw wꜥb n(y) ḥꜣ.t n(y) Mw.t jmy-rꜣ jḥ n(y) pꜣ mdw šps ꜥꜣ n(y) Jmn jmy-rꜣ nfr.w n(y) Pr-Jmn-R nsw nṯr.w Sr-Jmn mꜣꜥ ḫrw
Osiris of the director of the work of all great works of Amun, Mut and Khonsu, pure-priest of the front of Mut, director of the cattle of this noble stick of Amun, director of the young crew of the Domain of Amun Seramun justified
Smendes Hedjkheperre

ḥr bḥḏ.t ꜥpy šps sḫḫ tꜣ m šw.t=f
Horus of Edfu, the noble winged sun in scarab form, who hastens the land with his shadow
Ptolemy VI Philometor

ḏd mdw jn rnn.wtt srq.t ḫsf ḏdf.wt ḥm.t nmt.t sn r [pr]-šps.t
Recitiation by Renenoutet-Serket, who opposes the snakes, who repels and strides through them to the house of the noble one.
Ptolemy XIII

šps.tj r nfr m kꜣ.t n.t ḥḏ-ḥtp
ennobled to perfection through the work of Hedj-Hetep
Cleopatra VII Philopator

bꜣ šps n wsjr ḫnt.(y) jmn.t(y)t nṯr ꜥꜣ nb ꜣbḏ.w wsjr jwn wr m jwn.t bꜣ šps jyj=f m ꜣḫ šps r ẖnm ḫpr.w=f m ḥw.t-nṯr=f
The noble ba of Osiris, formost of the west, great god, lord of Abidos, Osiris the pillar, great one in Dendera, the noble ba, he comes as the noble spirit in order to unite with his shapes in his temple.
Cleopatra VII Philopator

bꜣ šps n wsjr ḫnt.(y) jmn.t(y)t nṯr ꜥꜣ nb ꜣbḏ.w wsjr jwn wr m jwn.t bꜣ šps jyj=f m ꜣḫ šps r ẖnm ḫpr.w=f m ḥw.t-nṯr=f
The noble ba of Osiris, formost of the west, great god, lord of Abidos, Osiris the pillar, great one in Dendera, the noble ba, he comes as the noble spirit in order to unite with his shapes in his temple.
Cleopatra VII Philopator
Bibliography
Cauville, Sylvie (2001), Dendara: le fonds hiéroglyphique au temps de Cléopâtre, p. 17
Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 447
Credits
Creator: TSL
Editor(s): J. Grotenhuis

phonemogram (1 function(s))
Phonetic value Semantic value Use
šps regular

Tokens
TokenSourceDate

ḏd=f j ꜥnḫ.w tp tꜣ ẖr.y-ḥb.t nb(.t) sš nb wꜥb sr nb swꜣ.t=sn ḥr šps pn
He says: O, living ones on the earth, every lector priest, every scribe, every priest and noble, they who will pass upon this tomb chapel,
Middle Kingdom

ḏ n=k ḥꜥpj mw rnpj m šps.j nb.n ptḥ
May Hapi give you fresh water in a Sps-vessel which Ptah made.
Tutankhamun Nebkheperure
Bibliography
Borghouts, J. F. (2010), Egyptian: an introduction to the writing and language of the Middle Kingdom, 2 vols. Egyptologische Uitgaven 24, page 22
Credits
Creator: TSL
Editor(s):

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