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
jwjj
m
sš
TT 63 large visitor's text
Amenhotep III nb-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
jwjrrj
m
sš; šmsw
Hammamat G 87=M 242+M 243
Sobekhotep IV ḫꜥ-nfr-rꜥ sbk-ḥtp
Wadi Hammamat (provenance)
jww
m
sš
Smith, JEA 58 doc. Hill A, 6
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
Buhen (provenance)
jwn-nꜣ
m
sš
Liverpool WM 1973.2.597
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
jwnjj
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jḥw
Bruxelles E.5285
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
jb
m
sš
Petrie, Season, no. 488
18th Dyn.
Wadi el-Shatt el-Rigal (provenance)
jb⸗j-jꜥ (?)
m
sš [...]
Mirgissa 3-252 (Q 338)
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
SUE (origin)
jb(⸗j)-jꜥ
m
sš [...]
Mirgissa 3-170 (Q 224)
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
SUE (origin)
jb(⸗j)-r⸗f
m
sš
Ny Carlsberg ÆIN 1025
mid-12th Dyn.
jbꜣ
m
sš; [?] ḫꜣjj n nsw-bjtj ꜥꜣ-ḫpr-kꜣ-rꜥ
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXXIV (VIII)
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Meidum (provenance)
jbj
m
jmj-rꜣ pr; sš
Jerusalem N000345
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Deir al-Balah (provenance)
jbj/jbw
m
sš
P. Reisner III
Senusret I ḫpr-kꜣ-rꜥ s-n-wsrt
Naga ed-Deir (provenance)
jbjj/jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
jmj-rꜣ šnwtj; sš nsw; sš
MMA 66.99.21
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
jmj-rꜣ šnwtj jbj/jmn-m-ḥꜣt (a)
jbw
m
sš
Dundee C.10.K
late 12th Dyn.
Antaeopolis (production)
jbb
m
sš
Christie’s New York, 05.06.2014, no. 3
13th - 17th Dyn.
jp
m
sš
Breasted Photo 2652
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
Mediq (provenance)
jp[...]
m
sš
Weigall, Travels, pl. VII (5)
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
Wadi Hammamat (provenance)
jpꜣ[...]
m
sš
Roeder, Debod, 218 (§ 544 I), pl. 128f
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
Kalabsha (provenance)
jpj
m
sš
Saad, ASAE 43, 450-451, pl. XXXV
FIP - 11th Dyn.
Saqqara (provenance)
jpj
m
sš; jmj-rꜣ pr wr m mn-nfr
Torino Cat. 2516
Amenhotep III - IV
sš nsw; jmj-rꜣ pr wr jpj (a)
jpj
m
sš; jmj-rꜣ ḥmwt n(t) nb tꜣwj
Leiden AAL 4b
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Saqqara (provenance)
jmj-rꜣ ḥmwt nt nb tꜣwj jpj (a)
jpj
m
sš; jmj-rꜣ ḥmwt nt nb-tꜣwj
Blackman, JEA 4, 42, pl. XI (5)
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
jmj-rꜣ ḥmwt nt nb tꜣwj jpj (a)
jpj/pjj
m
sš
Firenze 4545
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
jpjj
m
sš
BM EA27368
18th Dyn.
jpjj
m
sš; jmj-rꜣ ḥmw.t n(t) nb tꜣwj
Leiden AAL 4a
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Saqqara (provenance)
jmj-rꜣ ḥmwt nt nb tꜣwj jpj (a)
jpw
m
sš
BM EA43271
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Deir el-Bahri (provenance)
jpw
m
sš
Cairo CG 563
18th Dyn.
Herakleopolis (origin)
jpw šrj
m
sš
BM EA32557
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
jppj
m
sš
Vachala, GM 234, 107–12
late 12th - 13th Dyn.
jm[...]
m
sš
TT 60 dipinto Davies and Gardiner 1
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
jmbw
m
sš
Vernus, RdE 33, 89-124 vs
Hatshepsut
Deir el-Bahri (installation_place)
jmn-ꜥꜣ
m
sš
The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor
12th Dyn.
jmn-ꜥꜣ
m
sš
KRP18, no. 4
18th Dyn.
Kashm El-Bab (provenance)
jmn-ꜥꜣ
m
sš
KRP18, no. 6-8
18th Dyn.
Kashm El-Bab (provenance)
jmn-m-jpt
m
jrj-pꜥt; ḥꜣtj-ꜥ; ḫtmw-bjtj; smr wꜥtj; jrtj n nsw ꜥnḫwj n bjtj; šms nb⸗f r nmtt⸗f ḥr mw ḥr tꜣ ḥr ḫꜣst nbt; sš; jmj-rꜣ pr-ḥḏ; sꜣb; jmj-rꜣ ꜥẖnwtj; jmj-rꜣ prwj [ḥḏ-nbw]
TT 276
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Qurnet Muraʿi (provenance)
jmj-rꜣ ꜥẖnwtj; jmj-rꜣ pr-ḥḏ jmn-m-jpt (w)
jmn-m-jpt
m
jmj-rꜣ sš qdwt; sš
Vaticano 38600/1 + 38600/2
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
[jmn]-m-jpt
m
sš
BM EA51845
Hatshepsut
Deir el-Bahri (provenance)
sš jmn-m-jpt (a)
jmn-m-jpt
m
sš
Hermitage 2508
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
jmn-m-jpt/jp
m
sš
Louvre N 3068 + N 3113
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
jmn-m-jpt/ṯꜣ-nfr
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jt n jmn; jmj-rꜣ ꜣḥwt n jmn
Davies and Macadam 73
18th Dyn.
jmn-m-jpt (a)
jmn-m-[jpt]/ṯꜣ-nfr
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jt [n jmn]
MMA 28.3.299
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Asasif (provenance)
jmn-m-jpt (a)
jmn-m-[jpt]/ṯꜣ-nfr
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jt n jmn; jmj-rꜣ ꜣḥwt n jmn
TT 297 kneeling statue
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Asasif (provenance)
jmn-m-jpt (a)
jmn-m-jnt
m
sš
MMA Eg. Exp. 23001.190
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Deir el-Bahri (provenance)
sš jmn-m-jnt (a)
jmn-m-jnt
m
sš
Cairo CG 25667
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Deir el-Medina (provenance)
sš jmn-m-jnt (a)
jmn-m-jnt
m
sš
München Gl. WAF 18
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš
Khartoum 92
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Buhen (provenance)
ḫrp rsj-tp n ḥmt-nṯr jmn-m-ḥꜣt (a)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jḥw
Hermitage 1062
late 13th - 16th Dyn.
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš
TT 60 dipinto of Amenemhat, Davies and Gardiner 33
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt (a)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
ḫrp qn n nsw; ḫrp rsj-tp n ḥmt-nṯr ; sšm ḫꜣ (?); rḫ-nsw; sš
Philadelphia E10980
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Buhen (provenance)
ḫrp rsj-tp n ḥmt-nṯr jmn-m-ḥꜣt (a)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
ḫrp rsj-tp n sꜣt-nsw; sš
Philadelphia E10982
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Buhen (provenance)
ḫrp rsj-tp n ḥmt-nṯr jmn-m-ḥꜣt (a)