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
ḫꜥ-kꜣw
m
sš
Cairo CG 20128
late 12th Dyn.
MFR (origin)
PD 449 (a)
ḫꜥ[...]
m
sš
Hayes, JNES 10, fig. 5 (27)
Amenhotep III nb-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
Malqata (provenance)
ḫꜥjꜣ
m
sš
Hagen, Ostraca from the temple T3.A30
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
ḫꜥjj
m
sš
SEH 283
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Sehel (provenance)
ḫw-ꜥnḫ
m
sš
Beni Hasan tomb 2
Senusret I ḫpr-kꜣ-rꜥ s-n-wsrt
Beni Hasan (provenance)
ḫwjj-sbk
m
sš
Masry, Memnonia 17, no. 1.1
late 11th Dyn. - Senusret I
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
ḫm⸗n⸗sn
m
sš
Qubbet el-Hawa tomb 36
Senusret I ḫpr-kꜣ-rꜥ s-n-wsrt
Qubbet el-Hawa (provenance)
ḫnw
m
ẖrj-ḥb smsw jmj rnpt; sš
Quibell, Saqqara 1906-1907, 17 (club 1)
late 11th Dyn. - Senusret I
Saqqara (provenance)
jmj-rꜣ ḥwt-nṯr ḫnw (a)
ḫnms
m
sš
Cairo CG 20579
early 12th Dyn.
Abydos (provenance)
ḫnsw
m
jmj-rꜣ pr-ḥḏ; sš
Davies and Macadam 264
18th Dyn.
jmj-rꜣ pr-ḥḏ; sš ḫnsw (w)
ḫnsw
m
jmj-rꜣ pr-ḥḏ; sš
The World of Funerary Cones 684/B.57
18th Dyn.
jmj-rꜣ pr-ḥḏ; sš ḫnsw (w)
ḫnsw
m
sš
UC 11442
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Thebes (origin)
ḫntj-ẖtjj-m-[...]
m
sš
Cairo CG 20474
Senusret I ḫpr-kꜣ-rꜥ s-n-wsrt
Abydos (provenance)
ẖnmw-jqr
m
sš
Hatnub graffito 10
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
Hatnub (provenance)
ẖnmw-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš
Davies and Macadam 344
18th Dyn.
ẖnmw-ms (?)
m
sš
Cairo JE 48140
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Amara (provenance)
ẖnmw-ms
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jt n jmn; sš; ḥsb (n) jt šmꜥw tꜣ-mḥw n šnwt ḥtpw-nṯr (n) [jmn]; sš (n) [...] m šnwt [....]
TT 253
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Khokha (provenance)
ẖnmw-ms
m
sš
Beni Hasan tomb 3 dipinto North Wall (2)
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Beni Hasan (provenance)
ẖnmw-nḫt
m
sš
RILN A14
18th Dyn.
Wadi el-Barramiya (provenance)
ẖnmw-nḫt
m
sš
BZ03
18th Dyn.
Wadi Bezeh (provenance)
ẖnmw-nḫt
m
sš
BZ27
18th Dyn.
Wadi Bezeh (provenance)
ẖnmw-nḫt
m
sš
BR04
18th Dyn.
Wadi el-Barramiya (provenance)
ẖnmw-ḥtp
m
sš
Beni Hasan tomb 3
Senusret II ḫꜥ-ḫpr-rꜥ s-n-wsrt
Beni Hasan (provenance)
ẖnmw-ḥtp
m
sš
BM EA65732
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Buhen (provenance)
ẖrw⸗f
m
sš [?]
Sinai 235
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Serabit el-Khadim (provenance)
ẖrd.w-nfr
m
sš; ḥsb n jḥw
Schlögl and Brodbeck, Totenfiguren, no. 21
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
ẖtjj
m
sš
MMA 22.3.520
late 11th Dyn. - Amenemhat I
Deir el-Bahri (provenance)
s
m
sš
Hagen, Ostraca from the temple T3.A38
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
s
m
sš; jmj-rꜣ gs-pr
Edinburgh A.1885.137
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
s
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jt [n jmn]
TT 69
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
s
m
sš
Firenze 6381
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
s
m
sš
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek 8471
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
s
m
sš; ḥsb (n) bjt; sš; sš n nb tꜣwj; jrw stwt m mn-nfr; sš (n) šꜥt n jmj-rꜣ pr wr
Berlin ÄM 7272
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Saqqara (provenance)
s
m
sš
Leipzig 3159
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
s
m
jmj-rꜣ pr n jmn ḥr wḥꜣt; jmj-rꜣ šnwtj n jmn; ḥꜣtj-ꜥ n wḥꜣt mḥtjt; sš
Davies and Macadam 5
18th Dyn.
ḥꜣtj-ꜥ n wḥꜣt s (w)
s-n-wsrt
m
sš
Sinai 93
Amenemhat III nj-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-m-ḥꜣt
Serabit el-Khadim (provenance)
s-n-wsrt
m
sš
Sinai 143
Amenemhat III nj-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-m-ḥꜣt
Serabit el-Khadim (provenance)
PD 794 (a)
s-n-wsrt
m
sš
BM EA774
late 12th - 13th Dyn.
s-n-wsrt
m
sš
FSN 83
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
Abusir Rock (provenance)
s-n-wsrt
m
sš
Wadi el-Hôl 18
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
Wadi el-Hôl (provenance)
s-n-wsrt
m
sš; ḥsb (n) rmṯ
Berlin P. 10049
Amenemhat III nj-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-m-ḥꜣt
Lahun (provenance)
s-n-wsrt
m
sš; ḫtmw-nṯr n ptḥ
Berkeley 6-17267
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
Koptos (provenance)
s-n-wsrt
m
sš n [?]
Petrie, Season, no. 170
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
Aswan-Philae road (provenance)
s-n-wsrt
m
sš
TT 100
Amenhotep II ꜥꜣ-ḫprw-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
s-n-wsrt
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jḥw
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Aeg. 10994 + Aeg. 10995 + Aeg. 10996 + Aeg. 10997
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
s-n-wsrt-ꜥnḫ
m
sš [...]
Bruxelles E.5674
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
Haraga (provenance)
PD 501+502+503 (w)
s-n-wsrt/snb.tj⸗fj
m
sš
Ayn Soukhna 6
Amenemhat III nj-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-m-ḥꜣt
Ain el-Sukhna (provenance)
s-n-sbk
m
sš
Cairo CG 20641
Amenemhat II nbw-kꜣw-rꜥ jmn-m-ḥꜣt
Abydos (provenance)
sꜣ-jbšk
m
sš; ḥsb (n) nbw
Klemm, Eichler, MDAIK 54 no. 2
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Wadi el-Barramiya (provenance)
sš n nbw n ḫꜣst sꜣ-jbšk (w)
sꜣ-jbšk
m
sš
BZ29
18th Dyn.
Wadi Bezeh (provenance)