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
wsr
m
sš
Hierakonpolis Desert Cleft no. 12
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Hierakonpolis (provenance)
wsr-ḥꜣt
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jḥw n jmn
Rossi, Ikram, JEA 100
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Kharga (provenance)
wsr-ḥꜣt
m
sš
TT 123
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
wsr-ḥꜣt
m
sš; sš (n) pr-ḥḏ n jmn
MMA 19.2.3
Amenhotep III nb-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
sš n pr-ḥḏ n jmn; sš wsr-ḥꜣt (a)
wsr-ḥꜣt
m
wꜥb; sš
TT C6
Thutmose IV - Amenhotep III
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
wsr-ḥꜣt
m
wꜥb; sš
TT 81
Hatshepsut
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
wsr-ḥꜣt
m
sš
TT 82
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
wsr-ḥꜣt
m
sš; ḥsb (n) t; ḥsb (n) t m šmꜥw tꜣ-mḥw; sš (n) t m šmꜥw tꜣ-mḥw; ẖrd n kꜣp; sš; jmj-rꜣ jḥw n jmn; sš nsw; sš nsw mꜣꜥ; jdnw (n) wḥmw; jmj-rꜣ nfrt [n jmn]
TT 56
Amenhotep II ꜥꜣ-ḫprw-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
sš; ḥsb (n) t m šmꜥw tꜣ-mḥw wsr-ḥꜣt (a)
wsr-ḥꜣt
m
sš (n) šmꜥw tꜣ-mḥw; sš; ḥsb (n) t; jmj-rꜣ jḥw n jmn
Davies and Macadam 130
Amenhotep II ꜥꜣ-ḫprw-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
sš; ḥsb (n) t m šmꜥw tꜣ-mḥw wsr-ḥꜣt (a)
wsr-ḥꜣt
m
sš
BM EA10009 + EA9962,1
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
wsr-ḥꜣt
m
sš
Cairo CG 1000 + CG 1012 + CG 623 + CG 855 + CG 965
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
wsr-ḥꜣt
m
wꜥb (n) mwt-nsw; ḥm-kꜣ n rpjjt; sš
Torino S. 8231
Amenhotep II - III
Deir el-Medina (provenance)
wsr-ḥꜣt
m
sš
Boston 1972.651
Amenhotep III nb-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
Dra Abu el-Naga (provenance)
wsr-ḥꜣt
m
sš
Hannover 1925.228
18th Dyn.
bꜣk
m
sš
Petrie, Season, no. 626
18th Dyn.
Gebel el-Silsila (provenance)
bꜣk
m
sš
TT 60 dipinto Davies and Gardiner 3
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
bꜣk-n-jmn
m
jrj-pꜥt; ḥꜣtj-ꜥ; ḫtmw-bjtj; smr-wꜥtj; šmsw (n) nsw m st⸗f nb(t); sš nsw; sš nsw mꜣꜥ; sš
Rio de Janeiro 661 [2449]
Thutmose IV - Amenhotep III
sš nsw bꜣk-n-jmn (a)
bꜣkj
m
sš
MMA Eg. Exp. 27057.2
Hatshepsut
Deir el-Bahri (provenance)
bꜣkj
m
sš
Cairo CG 34107
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
bꜣkj
m
sš
Saqqara M.2.3.P.18.12
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Saqqara (provenance)
bbw (?)
m
sš
de Morgan, Cat. I, 37 (146)
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
Aswan (provenance)
bmbw
m
sš (?)
Roeder, Dakke 370 (§816 1)
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
Gerf Husein (provenance)
brj
m
sš
Edinburgh A.1913.388
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
el-Riqqa (provenance)
bḥṯ
m
sš
Moscow I, 1а 5606
SIP
Edfu (origin)
bṯ
m
sš
Hermitage 1116 B recto
Amenhotep II ꜥꜣ-ḫprw-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
bṯw
m
sš
Milano E 1984.04.01
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
pꜣ
m
sš
Leahy, Malkata Inscriptions, no. 121
Amenhotep III nb-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
Malqata (provenance)
pꜣ-jwjj
m
sš
Berlin P. 11297
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
pꜣ-jwjj (a)
pꜣ-jmj-rꜣ-jḥw
m
sš
BM EA8703
Amenhotep III nb-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
Saqqara (provenance)
sš pꜣ-jmj-rꜣ-jḥw (a)
pꜣ-jmj-rꜣ-jḥw
m
sš
BM EA5513
Amenhotep III nb-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
Saqqara (provenance)
sš pꜣ-jmj-rꜣ-jḥw (a)
pꜣ-jtsj
m
sš
Dibeira West Q 10:193
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Dibeira West (provenance)
sš nsw pꜣ-jtsj/ḏḥwtj-ḥtp (a)
pꜣ-wꜣḥ
m
sš
Davies and Macadam 117
18th Dyn.
pꜣ-wꜣḥ
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jt n nb tꜣwj m šmꜥw tꜣ-mḥw
TT 57
Amenhotep III nb-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
pꜣ-bꜣk
m
sš
Louvre E 25357
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Thebes (provenance)
pꜣ-mr[jj]
m
sš
BM EA10056
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
pꜣ-n-jn-ḥrt
m
ḥm-nṯr 2⸗nw n jn-ḥrt; sš; jmj-rꜣ šnwtj; jmj-rꜣ pr; jmj-rꜣ ꜣḥwt n(t) nṯrw nbw tꜣ-wr
Cairo CG 711
Amenhotep II ꜥꜣ-ḫprw-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
Abydos (provenance)
pꜣ-n-wꜣḥ
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jt
Cairo CG 1003
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Saqqara (provenance)
pꜣ-n-bwjj
m
sš; sš nsw mꜣꜥ; ẖrj-ḥb [...]
Uppsala 3
18th Dyn.
Abydos (provenance)
pꜣ-n-mjꜥm
m
sš
BM EA860
Amenhotep III nb-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
pꜣ-n-njwt
m
sš
QHN 2
Amenhotep III nb-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
Qubbet el-Hawa (provenance)
pꜣ-n-rjj
m
sš
Louvre N 3171 account
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
pꜣ-n-rꜥ
m
jmj-rꜣ pr; jmj-rꜣ jḥw n ꜥꜣ-ḫpr-kꜣ-rꜥ; sš
Davies and Macadam 438
Thutmose I ꜥꜣ-ḫpr-kꜣ-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
pꜣ-n-tꜣ-njwt
m
sš
MMA Eg. Exp. 23001.49
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Deir el-Bahri (provenance)
pꜣ-n-dwꜣ
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jt n jmn; mḥ jb n ḥm-nṯr tpj n jmn
Artcurial 25.04.2023, no. 29
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
pꜣ-n-dwꜣ
m
sš
Toulouse 49.288
18th Dyn.
pꜣ-nfr
m
ḥꜣtj-ꜥ; jmj-rꜣ ḥmw-nṯr n nṯrw nbw; sš; ḥsb (n) nbw nw njwt tn
Cairo JE 37652
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Elephantine (provenance)
sš n spꜣt n ꜣbw; ḥsb n nbw nw spꜣt tn pꜣ-nfr (a)
pꜣ-nfr
m
sš; jmj-rꜣ ꜣḥwt; ḥsb (n) nbw nw spꜣt tn
QHN 4
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Qubbet el-Hawa (provenance)
sš n spꜣt n ꜣbw; ḥsb n nbw nw spꜣt tn pꜣ-nfr (w)
pꜣ-nfr
m
sš
QHN 3 D IV/002
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Qubbet el-Hawa (provenance)
sš n spꜣt n ꜣbw; ḥsb n nbw nw spꜣt tn pꜣ-nfr (a)
pꜣ-[nḥsj]
m
sš; jmj-rꜣ pr-ḥḏ
Petrie, Researches in Sinai, fig. 144 (7)
Amenhotep III nb-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
Serabit el-Khadim (provenance)
jmj-rꜣ pr-ḥḏ sbk-ḥtp/pꜣ-nḥsj (a)
[pꜣ-nḥsj]
m
sš; jmj-rꜣ pr-ḥḏ
Ashmolean AN1911.413
Amenhotep III nb-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
Serabit el-Khadim (provenance)
jmj-rꜣ pr-ḥḏ sbk-ḥtp/pꜣ-nḥsj (a)