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
nfr-ḥb⸗f
m
sš
MMA Eg. Exp. 23001.209
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Deir el-Bahri (provenance)
sš nfr-ḥb⸗f (a)
nfr-ḥb⸗f
m
sš; sꜣw
TT 38
Thutmose IV mn-ḫprw-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Khokha (provenance)
nfr-ḥr
m
sš
Asyut tomb N13.1 dipinto TS4
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Asyut (provenance)
nfr-ḥtp
m
sš [...]
Petrie, Season, no. 118
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
Aswan-Philae road (provenance)
nfr-ḥtp
m
sš; [ḥsb] (n) jt n jmn
TT 257, first owner Nfr-ḥtp
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Khokha (provenance)
nfr-ḥtp
m
sš
Cairo CG 25669
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Deir el-Medina (provenance)
nfr-ḥtp
m
sš; ḥsb (n) kꜣt m ḏsr-ḏsrw
Deir el-Bahri grotto E.2.14
Amenhotep I ḏsr-kꜣ-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
Deir el-Bahri (provenance)
sš nfr-ḥtp (a)
nfr-ḥtp
m
sš
Deir el-Bahri grotto P.2.4
18th Dyn.
Deir el-Bahri (provenance)
nfr-ḥtp
m
sš
Deir el-Bahri grotto P.2.5
18th Dyn.
Deir el-Bahri (provenance)
nfr-ḥtp
m
sš
Deir el-Bahri grotto P.2.12
18th Dyn.
Deir el-Bahri (provenance)
nfr-ḥtp/ḥtp
m
wꜥb; sš
Kraków MNK-XI-1501 + MNK-XI-1502 + MNK-XI-1507a-e + MNK-XI-1512a-b
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
nfr-ḫꜣwt
m
jmj-rꜣ ḫtmt n ḥmt-nṯr; sš
Cairo JE 65359
Hatshepsut
Asasif (provenance)
jmj-rꜣ ḫtmt n ḥmt-nṯr nfr-ḫꜣwt/kꜣrj (a)
nfr-ḫꜥw
m
sš
P. Reisner III
Senusret I ḫpr-kꜣ-rꜥ s-n-wsrt
Naga ed-Deir (provenance)
nfr-tm
m
sš
Altenmüller, GM 38, 15–20
mid- to late 12th Dyn.
Saqqara (provenance)
nfr[...]
m
sš
MMA Eg. Exp. M6C.20
18th Dyn.
Deir el-Bahri (provenance)
nfr[...]
m
sš
SEH 248
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Sehel (provenance)
nfrj(j)
m
sš
Caminos, Osing, Shatt el-Rigal, no. 32 B
11th Dyn.
Wadi el-Shatt el-Rigal (provenance)
nfrw-nḫt
m
sš
FSN 552
18th Dyn.
Sahaba (provenance)
nfrt-ḥr
m
sš
Louvre E 4889
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
nmw
m
sš; ḥm-nṯr
München Gl. WAF 18
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
nhꜣw
m
sš
Berlin P. 10061
late 12th - 13th Dyn.
Lahun (provenance)
nḥmjj
m
jmj-rꜣ šnwtj; ḥsb (n) jt n nsw; sš
The World of Funerary Cones 619/A.08
18th Dyn.
nḥmnjj
m
[...]b; sš
Le Corneur Roudillon 10.09.1968, Clère ANT-68-, Neg. T 592/46
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
nḥsj
m
sš
TT 60 dipinto Davies and Gardiner 7
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
nḥsj
m
sš n (?)
MN38
18th Dyn.
Bir Menih (provenance)
nḫt
m
sš
Tallet, Sud-Sinaï, doc. 92
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
Rod el-Air (provenance)
nḫt
m
sš (n) w; sš; swnw
Beni Hasan tomb 3
Senusret II ḫꜥ-ḫpr-rꜥ s-n-wsrt
Beni Hasan (provenance)
nḫt
m
bꜣk n pr-ḏt; sš
Cairo CG 58045
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
nḫt
m
sš
Caminos, Osing, Shatt el-Rigal, no. 34 B
11th Dyn.
Wadi el-Shatt el-Rigal (provenance)
nḫt
m
wnwtj n [jmn]; sš
Statuette from TT 52
Amenhotep III nb-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
wnwtj n jmn; sš nḫt (a)
nḫt
m
sš; ḥbs bht n ḥm⸗f
Sinai 183
Hatshepsut
Serabit el-Khadim (provenance)
ḥbs bht n ḥm⸗f nḫt (a)
nḫt
m
sš; wpwtj (n) nsw
Sinai 181
Hatshepsut
Serabit el-Khadim (provenance)
ḥbs bht n ḥm⸗f nḫt (a)
nḫt
m
wnwtj n jmn; sš
Davies and Macadam 157
Amenhotep III nb-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
wnwtj n jmn; sš nḫt (a)
nḫt
m
sš
Davies and Macadam 364
18th Dyn.
nḫt
m
sš
Cairo CG 34068
Amenhotep III nb-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
Abydos (provenance)
nḫt
m
wnwtj; wnwtj n jmn; sš
TT 52
Amenhotep III nb-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
wnwtj n jmn; sš nḫt (a)
nḫt wr
m
sš
TT 125
Hatshepsut
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
nḫt-mnw
m
sš
TT 60 dipinto Davies and Gardiner 19
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
nḫtj
m
jrj-pꜥt; ḥꜣtj-ꜥ; jmj-rꜣ ḥmw-nṯr; sꜣb; sš; jmj-rꜣ ꜥb nb n tꜣ-wr; jmj-rꜣ jḥw
Chatsworth 720/12
Late 11th Dyn.
Abydos (installation_place)
nḫtjꜣ
m
sš
München Ant. 15
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
nṯr-ms
m
sš
Brooklyn 37.1351
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
sš nṯr-ms (w)
nṯr-ms
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jt; jrj ꜥt n jmn
Davies and Macadam 67
18th Dyn.
sš; ḥsb n jt; jrj ꜥt n jmn nṯr-ms (w)
nṯr-ms
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jt n jmn
Davies and Macadam 71
18th Dyn.
sš; ḥsb n jt; jrj ꜥt n jmn nṯr-ms (a)
nṯr-ms
m
sš
Deir el-Bahri grotto P.1.10
18th Dyn.
Deir el-Bahri (provenance)
nṯr-nḫt
m
sš
Beni Hasan tomb 3
Senusret II ḫꜥ-ḫpr-rꜥ s-n-wsrt
Beni Hasan (provenance)
nṯr-ḥtp
m
jdnw n sꜣ-nsw m wꜣwꜣt; sš
SEH 303
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Sehel (provenance)
nḏm
m
sš; ẖrj-ḥb tpj n ꜥꜣ-ḫpr-kꜣ-rꜥ
Davies and Macadam 361
18th Dyn.
wꜥb; [...] ꜥꜣ-ḫpr.n-rꜥ ꜥꜣ-bꜣw (w)
nḏm
m
sš
Cairo TN 13.1.25.1
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
nḏm-mwt
m
sš
Hayes, Ostraka, no. 82
Hatshepsut
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
rjj
m
sš; jmj-rꜣ gs-pr (n) ḥmt-nsw wrt
MMA 17.190.1960
Amenhotep III nb-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
sš; jmj-rꜣ gs-pr n ḥmt-nsw wrt; jmj-rꜣ šnwtj n mnṯw m jwnj rjj (w)