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
nꜣḥ
m
sš
Bubasteion tomb II.x
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Saqqara (provenance)
nj-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ/ptḥ[...]
m
ḫtmw-nṯr; sš [...]
Vernus, Kêmi 19
not earlier than Amenemhat III
Tanis (provenance)
[n]jꜣ
m
sš; [ḥsb] (n) jt n [jmn]
Moscow I, 1а 2098
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
njꜣ-nfr
m
sš
Shabtis a private view, no. 12
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
njnj
m
sš
KRP13
18th Dyn.
Korosko Road (provenance)
nb
m
sš
FSN 2
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
Faras (provenance)
[?]nb
m
sš
Petrie, Season, no. 230
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
Aswan (provenance)
nb
m
sš
Moscow I, 1а 6891
18th Dyn.
nb-[jmn]
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jt n [jmn]; ḥsb (n) jt m šnwt (n) ḥtpw-nṯr [n jmn]; [ḥsb] (n) jt n(t) šnwt [...]
TT E2
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Dra Abu el-Naga (provenance)
nb-ꜥnn-sw
m
sš
RILN A14
18th Dyn.
Wadi el-Barramiya (provenance)
nb-wꜥ
m
sš (n) pr-ḥḏ n jmn; sš; sš (n) pr-ḥḏ m pr jmn
MMA 19.2.3
Amenhotep III nb-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
sš n pr-ḥḏ n jmn; sš; sš n pr-ḥḏ m pr jmn nb-wꜥ (a)
nb-wꜥ
m
sꜣb; sš
Cairo JE 21369 + Trieste 12089 a-d
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
nb-wꜥ
m
sš
Cairo CG 34123
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
nb-wꜥ
m
sš
TT 24
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Dra Abu el-Naga (provenance)
nb-pḥtj-rꜥ
m
sš
Washington 330782
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Heliopolis (provenance)
nb-m-trt
m
sš
Cairo JE 95575 + JE 95693 vs
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
nb-mḥjjt
m
sš; jmj-rꜣ ꜣḥwt
Davies and Macadam 504
18th Dyn.
nb-ms
m
sš
TT A4
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Dra Abu el-Naga (provenance)
nb-n-jꜣm-jb
m
sš
Berlin P. 12393
Hatshepsut
sš nb-n-jꜣm-jb (w)
nb-n-ḥꜥꜣw (?)
m
sš
Cairo CG 20278
mid-12th Dyn. - 13th Dyn.
Abydos (provenance)
nb-n-ẖrw⸗f
m
sš
UC 31918
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
nb-n-ẖr(w)⸗f
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jḥw (n) pr rꜥ
Matariya 3727
18th Dyn.
Heliopolis (provenance)
nb-nꜥ
m
sš
SEH 280
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Sehel (provenance)
nb-nṯrw
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jḥw n jmn
Davies and Macadam 127
18th Dyn.
sš; ḥsb n jḥw n jmn nb-nṯrw/trj (w)
nb-nṯrw
m
sš
Weigall, Report, 113 (3)
18th Dyn.
Tonqala (provenance)
sš nb-nṯrw (a)
nb-nṯrw/trj
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jḥw n jmn
Torino Cat. 3052
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
sš; ḥsb n jḥw n jmn nb-nṯrw/trj (w)
nb-sw
m
sš
Cairo CG 34029
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Karnak (provenance)
nb-sw[...]
m
sš
Hayes, JNES 10, fig. 16 (246)
Amenhotep III nb-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
Malqata (provenance)
sš nb-sw (w)
nb-qd
m
sš (n) mꜣꜥt; sš; sš (n) mꜣꜥt m pr mꜣꜥt; wꜥb; jrj-ꜥt n jmn; sš (n) šꜥt r bw-ḫ-nsw (?); sš nsw n pr-mḏꜣt; smn hp m pr-mꜣꜥt; (nḏ) ḫrt n nb mꜣꜥt
Louvre N 3068 + N 3113
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
nb-kꜣw
m
sš
Sharpe, Eg. Inscr., 1 Ser., pl. 33 (1)
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
nb-tḫnw
m
sš
Philadelphia 39-12-2
Hatshepsut
nb⸗j
m
sš
Berlin P. 10617
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Deir el-Bahri (provenance)
nb(⸗j)-jmn
m
sš
Sayce, ASAE 8, 100 (1)
18th Dyn.
Naga el-Hammam (provenance)
nb(⸗j)-jmn
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jt; jmj-rꜣ šnwtj n jmn
Davies and Macadam 66
18th Dyn.
ṯnjj nb-jmn (r)
nb(⸗j)-jmn
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jt n šnwt nt ḥtpw-nṯr n [jmn]
TT 179
Hatshepsut
Khokha (provenance)
ḥsb n jt n jmn nb⸗j-jmn (a)
nb(⸗j)-jmn
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jt n jmn
Davies and Macadam 558
Hatshepsut
ḥsb n jt n jmn nb⸗j-jmn (a)
nb(⸗j)-jmn
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jt n jmn; ḥsb (n) jt n jmn m šnwt nt ḥtpw-nṯr n jmn
TT 231
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Dra Abu el-Naga (provenance)
sš; ḥsb n jt n jmn nb⸗j-jmn (w)
nb(⸗j)-jmn
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jt n jmn
Davies and Macadam 317
18th Dyn.
sš; ḥsb n jt n jmn nb⸗j-jmn (w); ḥsb n jt n jmn nb⸗j-jmn (w)
nb(⸗j)-jmn
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jt n jmn
Davies and Macadam 318
18th Dyn.
sš; ḥsb n jt n jmn nb⸗j-jmn (w); ḥsb n jt n jmn nb⸗j-jmn (w)
nb(⸗j)-jmn
m
sš
TT 247
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Khokha (provenance)
nb(⸗j)-jmn
m
šms nsw r nmtt⸗f ḥr ḫꜣst rsjt mḥtjt; sš; swnw; swnw (n) nsw; swnw (n) nsw m wꜣst; wr swnw; sš nsw m wꜣst; wr swnw (n) nsw
TT 17
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Dra Abu el-Naga (provenance)
nb(⸗j)-jmn
m
sš
The World of Funerary Cones 630/B.03
18th Dyn.
Dra Abu el-Naga (provenance)
nb(⸗j)-jmn
m
sš
Hermitage 1116 A recto
Amenhotep II ꜥꜣ-ḫprw-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
nb(⸗j)-jmn
m
sš (n) pr-ḥḏ; sš n pr-ḥḏ n nsw; sš n pr-ḥḏ n nb tꜣwj; sš; ḥsb (n) ḥḏ nbw n nb tꜣwj; jmj-rꜣ pr; jmj-rꜣ wḫrt; jmj-rꜣ wḫrt nt jmn m njwt-rsjt; sš (n) pr-ḥḏ n nsw m prw-nfr
BM EA9964
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
sš n pr-ḥḏ nb⸗j-jmn (w)
nb(⸗j)-jmn
m
sš
Hayes, Ostraka, no. 70
Hatshepsut
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
nb(⸗j)-jmn
m
jmj-rꜣ ꜥḥwtjw n jmn; ḥrj-mrt n jmn; sš
Cairo CG 34107
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
nb(⸗j)-jmn
m
sš
Hayes, JNES 10, fig. 16 (244)
Amenhotep III nb-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
Malqata (provenance)
nb(⸗j)-jmn
m
ḥrj mḏt n jmn; sš (n) wḏḥw; sš; ḥsb (n) wdnw n [...]; ḥsb (n) jt n pr nsw
München Gl. 129
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
sš n wḏḥw n nb tꜣwj nb⸗j-jmn (w)
nb(⸗j)-jmn/njꜣ
m
sš; swnw n nb tꜣwj; swnw
Farid, MDAIK 39, 60-66, pl. 12
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Armant (provenance)
nb(⸗j)-jrj
m
jdnw m tꜣ-wr ṯnw; jdnw; sš
Berkeley 6-15174
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Thinis (origin)
nb-jrj (w)