sš
“scribe”
- Note:
- The translation is an Egyptological convention. Quirke 2004b advocated a more sensible translation "secretary".
- Gender:
- m
- Is the opposite gender form of:
- sš.t
- Referred to in:
- jm.j-rꜣ sš, sḥḏ n sš.w
- Specificated in:
- sš jqr, sš ꜥ n nsw, sš ꜥꜣ m pr-nsw, sš ꜥꜣ n ḥm-nṯr tp.j, sš ꜥnn nsw n ḫft-ḥr, sš wr, sš m pr Jmn, sš m gs-pr, sš mꜣꜥ n nṯr-nfr, sš mꜣꜥ n tp ḥsb, sš n Ꜣbw, sš n ꜣḥ.w.t, sš n jp.t-nsw, sš n jm.j-rꜣ pr-wr, sš n jm.j-rꜣ mšꜥ, sš n jm.j-rꜣ ḫtm.t, sš n jm.j-rꜣ šnw.t (?), sš n jm.j-rꜣ šnw.tj, sš n jm.j-rꜣ šnw.tj n Jmn, sš n jm.j-ḫnt, sš n Jmn, sš n Jmn-Rꜥ, sš n jḥ.w, sš n js, sš n ꜥ.t, sš n ꜥ.t jwf, sš n ꜥ.t jrp, sš n ꜥ.t ḥnkw.t, sš n ꜥ.t sbꜣ, sš n ꜥ.t dwꜣ n pr-ꜥꜣ, sš n Ꜥꜣ-ḫpr-kꜣ-rꜥ ḥr jmn.t, sš n ꜥꜣ.t nb.t šps.t, sš n ꜥꜣm.w, sš n ꜥntjw, sš n ꜥrr.jj.t, sš n ꜥq.w, sš n w, sš n w[?] n ḫrp kꜣ.t, sš n wjꜣ, sš n wꜥr.t Nḫn, sš n wnm.t, sš n wḥꜥ.w, sš n wḥm.w, sš n wḏꜣ, sš n wḏḥ.w, sš n bꜣk, sš n pꜣ wḥm.w, sš n pꜣ sꜣ ꜥꜣ, sš n pr (?), sš n pr Jmn, sš n pr-ꜥꜣ, sš n pr-ꜥnḫ, sš n pr Ptḥ, sš n pr Mn-ḫpr.w-rꜥ, sš n pr ms.w-nsw, sš n pr n jm.j-rꜣ ḫtm.t, sš n pr-nsw, sš n pr ḥm.t-nsw, sš n pr ḥm.t-nṯr, sš n pr ḥr.j wḏb, sš n pr-ḥḏ, sš n pr.wj ꜥꜣ, sš n pẖr.t (?) n ḥm.t-nsw wr.t, sš n Ptḥ, sš n mꜣꜥ.t, sš n Mjꜥm, sš n Mn-nfr, sš n Mnw, sš n mnmn.t, sš n mr, sš n mrḥ.t, sš n mšꜥ, sš n mt.j-n-sꜣ, sš n md.w-nṯr, sš n mḏ.w.t, sš n mḏꜣ.t, sš n njw.t, sš n njw.t-rs.j.t, sš n nb-tꜣ.wj, sš n Nbjj.t, sš n nbw, sš n nfr.jj.t, sš n nfr.w, sš n Nḫb, sš n Nḫn, sš n hꜣ-r-mw, sš n hn, sš n ḥꜣ.tj-ꜥ, sš n ḥw.t, sš n ḥw.t-nṯr, sš n Ḥw.t-sḫm, sš n ḥb.t, sš n ḥm-nṯr 2.nw, sš n ḥm-nṯr tp.j n Jmn, sš n ḥm.t-nṯr, sš n ḥr.j.w-pr, sš n ḥsb, sš n Ḥtp-s-n-wsr.t-mꜣꜥ-ḫrw, sš n ḥtp.w, sš n ḥtp.w-nṯr, sš n ḫꜣ n ṯꜣ.tj, sš n ḫꜣ n dd rmṯ, sš n ḫꜣw.t, sš n ḫꜣs.t, sš n ḫnrt, sš n ḫnrt wr, sš n ḫnt.j, sš n ḫnt.j wr, sš n ḫtm.t, sš n ḫtm.t-nṯr, sš n ḫtm.tjw, sš n ẖn.ww, sš n ẖr.tjw-nṯr, sš n s.t ꜥꜣ.t, sš n sꜣ, sš n sꜣ-nsw, sš n sꜣ.w, sš n sbꜣ, sš n spꜣ.t, sš n smꜣ.jj.t, sš n smd.t, sš n sn.w n Jwn.jj.t, sš n sn.w n nsw, sš n sn.wt, sš n sḥ-nṯr n Ḥr, sš n ssm.t, sš n sk, sš n sḏm, sš n Š Sbk, sš n šꜥ.t, sš n šb.t m pr-nfr, sš n Šmꜥ.w Tꜣ-mḥ.w, sš n šms.w.w, sš n šnꜥ.w, sš n šnw.t, sš n šnw.tj n.t pr-ꜥꜣ, sš n štj, sš n qnb.tj, sš n kꜣ.t n Jmn, sš n kꜣ.t ḥw.t ḥb-sd, sš n t m Šmꜥ.w Tꜣ-mḥ.w, sš n tꜣ ḥr.t, sš n tꜣ kꜣ.t tꜣ ḥw.t Nb-mꜣꜥ.t-rꜥ ḥr jmn.tt Wꜣs.t, sš n ṯ.t ḥqꜣ, sš n ṯꜣ.tj, sš n Ṯbw, sš n ṯmꜣ, sš n Ṯnj, sš n Ṯḥn-Jṯn, sš n ṯkw, sš n ḏꜣḏꜣ.t, sš n Ḏḥw.tj, sš nsw, sš-nṯr, sš nḏ.w-jb šps.w, sš nḏs, sš ḥr.j ḫtm, sš ḥr.j-tp, sš spẖr.w, sš qdw.t
- References:
- Ward and Fischer no.: / TLA no.: / Hannig no.: / Taylor no.: / Ayedi no.:
- Bibliography:
- Fischer 1997, 74
Attestations
Results
sꜣ-jbšk
m
sš
MN34
18th Dyn.
Bir Menih (provenance)
sꜣ-jmn
m
sš; ḥsb (n) nbw n kšj
The World of Funerary Cones 646/B.19
18th Dyn.
Tumbos (provenance)
ḥsb n nbw n kšj sꜣ-jmn (w)
sꜣ-jmn
m
sš
TT 342
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
sꜣ-jmn
m
sš; ḥsb (n) nbw n kšj
The World of Funerary Cones 644/B.17
18th Dyn.
Tumbos (provenance)
ḥsb n nbw n kšj sꜣ-jmn (w)
sꜣ-jmn
m
sš
BM EA41657
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Deir el-Bahri (provenance)
sꜣ-jmn
m
sš
BZ08
18th Dyn.
Wadi Bezeh (provenance)
sꜣ-jmn
m
sš
BZ13
18th Dyn.
Wadi Bezeh (provenance)
sꜣ-jmn
m
sš
BR03
18th Dyn.
Wadi el-Barramiya (provenance)
sꜣ-jmn
m
sš; ḥsb (n) nbw
BR09
18th Dyn.
Wadi el-Barramiya (provenance)
ḥsb n nbw n kšj sꜣ-jmn (a)
sꜣ-jmn
m
sš; ḥsb (n) nbw
BR43
18th Dyn.
Wadi el-Barramiya (provenance)
ḥsb n nbw n kšj sꜣ-jmn (a)
sꜣ-jmn
m
sš
MN10
18th Dyn.
Bir Menih (provenance)
sꜣ-jmn
m
sš
MW04
18th Dyn.
Wadi Abu Muawad (provenance)
sꜣ-jmn
m
sš; ḥsb (n) nbw
MW12
18th Dyn.
Wadi Abu Muawad (provenance)
ḥsb n nbw n kšj sꜣ-jmn (a)
sꜣ-jmn
m
sš
DG04
18th Dyn.
Wadi Dagbag (provenance)
sꜣ-jmn
m
sš; ḥsb (n) nbw
MI01
18th Dyn.
Wadi Mia (provenance)
ḥsb n nbw n kšj sꜣ-jmn (a)
sꜣ-jmn
m
sš
Wien ÄS 128
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
sꜣ-jmn
m
sš
BM EA1012
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
sꜣ-jmn
m
sš
Akasha 21-S-29 Face F, 1
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Akasha (provenance)
sꜣ-jn-ḥrt
m
sš
Hammamat G 63
Senusret I ḫpr-kꜣ-rꜥ s-n-wsrt
Wadi Hammamat (provenance)
sꜣ-jn-ḥrt
m
sš
P. Reisner I
Senusret I ḫpr-kꜣ-rꜥ s-n-wsrt
Naga ed-Deir (provenance)
sꜣ-mwt
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jḥw n jmn
Philadelphia E11784
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Gurob (provenance)
sꜣ-mwt
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jḥw n [jmn]; ḥsb (n) jḥw
TT 247
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Khokha (provenance)
sš; ḥsb n jḥw n jmn sꜣ-mwt (w)
sꜣ-mwt
m
sš
BM EA10056
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
sꜣ-mwt
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jḥw n jmn
Moscow I, 1а 1658
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
sš; ḥsb n jḥw n jmn sꜣ-mwt (w)
sꜣ-mwt
m
sš
Cairo CG 34049
Amenhotep III nb-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
Saqqara (provenance)
sꜣ-nbt-jwnt
m
ḥrj-pr; sš
Torino Cat. 1540
ca. Amenemhat IV
MFR (production)
sꜣ-nt
m
sš
BM EA30519
12th Dyn.
sꜣ-rꜥ
m
sš
Durham EG515
mid- to late 12th Dyn.
MFR (origin)
sꜣ-ḥꜥpj
m
sš
MMA 15.3.431
12th - 13th Dyn.
Lisht (provenance)
sꜣ-ḥwt-ḥr
m
sš
P. Reisner III
Senusret I ḫpr-kꜣ-rꜥ s-n-wsrt
Naga ed-Deir (provenance)
sꜣ-ḥr (?)
m
sš
Khartoum 364
SIP
Buhen (provenance)
sꜣ-ḫntj-ẖtjj
m
jmj-rꜣ šnwtj (n) mwt-nsw; sš
Wien ÄS 3900
Ahmose - Amenhotep I
sꜣ-sbk
m
sš
P. Ramesseum 1
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
Ramesseum (provenance)
sꜣ-ḏḥwtj/ḥꜣjj-[ḏḥwtj]
m
sš
TT 99 shroud
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
jmj-rꜣ st m wꜣtt-ḥr ḥꜣjj-ḏḥwtj (a)
sꜣ⸗f-jꜣwt⸗f-nbt
m
sš
FSN 615
18th Dyn.
Oshinardje (provenance)
sꜣw
m
sš
MMA 19.3.29
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Asasif (provenance)
sꜣw
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jt
Torino S. 8231
Amenhotep II - III
Deir el-Medina (provenance)
sꜣb⸗s
m
sš
Gebel Tjauti 25
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
Gebel Tjauti (provenance)
sbꜣ
m
sš
FSN 619
18th Dyn.
Dibeira West (provenance)
sš sbꜣ (a)
sbꜣ
m
sš
FSN 581
18th Dyn.
Tangur (provenance)
sš sbꜣ (w)
sbꜣ
m
sš
Leclant, Fouilles en Nubie 1959-1961, pl. VI fig. 10
18th Dyn.
Tumas (provenance)
sš sbꜣ (a)
sbk-[...]
m
sš
de Morgan, Cat. I, 207 (15)
18th Dyn.
Gebel el-Hammam (provenance)
sbk-ꜥꜣ
m
sš
Cairo CG 20431
late 12th Dyn.
Antaeopolis (origin)
sbk-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš
BM EA129
late 12th Dyn.
MFR (origin)
sbk-m-ḥb
m
sš; sš (n) wḏḥw n nb tꜣwj; ẖrd n kꜣp
Barcelona E-282
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
sbk-m-sꜣ⸗f wr
m
sš
Winlock, AJSL 57, 156 (sbk-m-sꜣ⸗f)
Middle Kingdom
Wadi el-Shatt el-Rigal (provenance)
sbk-ms
m
sš
München ÄS 38
Amenhotep III nb-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
Abydos (provenance)
sš n pr-ḥḏ sbk-ms (a); jmj-rꜣ pr ḥḏ sbk-ms (w)
sbk-nḫt
m
sꜣb; jmj-rꜣ sš n ḫft-ḥr; sꜣb; rꜣ-nḫn; smsw hꜣjjt; sš
Hammamat G 52
Mentuhotep IV nb-tꜣwj-rꜥ mnṯw-ḥtp
Wadi Hammamat (provenance)
sbk-nḫt
m
sš
BM EA30538
late 12th Dyn.
sbk-nḫt
m
sš
P. Reisner I
Senusret I ḫpr-kꜣ-rꜥ s-n-wsrt
Naga ed-Deir (provenance)