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
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
rḫ-nsw mꜣꜥ; ḫrp rsj-tp n nbt-tꜣwj; sš; ḫrp qn m wꜣwꜣt
Cairo CG 20775
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Buhen (provenance)
ḫrp rsj-tp n ḥmt-nṯr jmn-m-ḥꜣt (a)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš
MMA 729 coffin of Amenemhat
Thutmose I - Thutmose III
Asasif (provenance)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt (a)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
šms nb⸗f r nmtt⸗f; sš; ḥsb (n) jt n jmn; sš; ḥsb (n) jt m šnwt n ḥtpw-nṯr n [jmn]; jmj-rꜣ pr n ṯꜣtj
Griffith, PSBA 12, 96-97 (33, 3)
Amenhotep II ꜥꜣ-ḫprw-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
Gebel el-Silsila (provenance)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt (a)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš
BM EA58955
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš ꜥꜣ m pr-nsw; sš; ḥsb (n) t; šms nsw r nmtt⸗f ḥr ḫꜣst rsjt mḥtjt; jmj-rꜣ šnwtj t; sš nsw; [...] ẖrj-tp; ḥsb (n) t n šmꜥw tꜣ-mḥw
TT 123
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
jmj-rꜣ šnwtj jbj/jmn-m-ḥꜣt (w)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jt n jmn; jmj-rꜣ pr n ṯꜣtj; ḥrj mrt
Davies and Macadam 129
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
jmn-m-ḥꜣt (a)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jt n jmn
Davies and Macadam 68
18th Dyn.
sš; ḥsb n jt n jmn jmn-m-ḥꜣt/jwrj (w)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš
TT 39
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Asasif (provenance)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jt n jmn; jmj-rꜣ pr n ṯꜣtj; ḥrj mrt
Davies and Macadam 128
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
jmn-m-ḥꜣt (a)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
[ḫrp] kꜣt; sš
TT 82
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
sš jmn-m-ḥꜣt (a)
[jmn]-m-ḥꜣt
m
wꜥb n [jmn]; sš
TT 82
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
smsw hꜣjjt [...]; jmj-rꜣ ḫbsw; jmj-rꜣ pr; jmj-rꜣ pr n ṯꜣtj; sš; ḥsb (n) jt n jmn; ḥsb n jt m šnwt nt ḥtpw-nṯr (n) jmn; ḥsb (n) rmṯ; ḥsb (n) rmṯ [n jmn]; ḥsb (n) wnnt; ḥsb n ḥmt; ḥsb (n) ꜣḥwt; ḫrp rsj-tp; ḥrj mrt n [jmn]
TT 82
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt (a)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš
TT 125
Hatshepsut
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš
Hermitage 1116 B recto
Amenhotep II ꜥꜣ-ḫprw-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš; sš mꜣꜥ n tp ḥsb; ḥsb (n) jt
Brooklyn 50.130
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
jmn-m-ḥꜣt (w)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
mnjw n jmn; sš
Brooklyn 50.128
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš
Brooklyn 50.129
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš; ḥsb (n) t n šmꜥw tꜣ-mḥw
Davies and Macadam 368
18th Dyn.
jmj-rꜣ šnwtj jbj/jmn-m-ḥꜣt (w)
[jmn]-m-ḥꜣt
m
jmj-rꜣ pr n ṯꜣtj; sš; ḥsb (n) jt šmꜥw n [jmn]
Gebel es-Silsilah shrine 17
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Gebel el-Silsila (provenance)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt (a)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jt m šnwt (nt) jmn
Berlin ÄM 2316
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
jmn-m-ḥꜣt (w)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš; ḥsb (n) jt n jmn
Davies and Macadam 16
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
sš; ḥsb n jt n jmn jmn-m-ḥꜣt/jwrj (a)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš
BM EA33297
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Deir el-Bahri (provenance)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš
BM EA41657
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Deir el-Bahri (provenance)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš
BM EA51839
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Deir el-Bahri (provenance)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš
Bruxelles E.315
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Thebes (provenance)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš
Philadelphia E15881
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš
Vaticano 19256
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš
QH 35l
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Thebes (provenance)
ḫrp rsj-tp n ḥmt-nṯr jmn-m-ḥꜣt (a)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš
MMA 25.184.3
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš
Haag T.2360
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
jmn-m-ḥꜣt (a)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš
Cleveland 1920.2004
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš
SEH 276
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Sehel (provenance)
sš n šꜥt n nb tꜣwj jmn-m-ḥꜣt (a)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš
Hagar el-Merwa B12
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Hagar el-Merwa (provenance)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš
Abusir Graffito 2
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Abusir (provenance)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš
Saqqara M.2.3.P.18.15
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Saqqara (provenance)
j[m]n-m-ḥꜣt
m
sš
TT 60 dipinto Davies and Gardiner 14
Thutmose III mn-ḫpr-rꜥ ḏḥwtj-ms
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt (a)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt/jwrj
m
sš; sš; ḥsb (n) jt n jmn; jmj-rꜣ ꜥḥꜥw n jmn; jmj-rꜣ pr n ḥm-nṯr tpj n jmn
Berlin ÄM 2289
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
sš; ḥsb n jt n jmn jmn-m-ḥꜣt/jwrj (a)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt/ḥꜣtj
m
ḥꜣtj-ꜥ n ṯntj; jmj-rꜣ pr n jst-jrt; ḥꜣtj-ꜥ; sš
Leiden AST 53
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Abydos (provenance)
jmn-m-ḥꜣt-snb/snb-[...]
m
sš [...]
Petrie, Season, no. 118
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
Aswan-Philae road (provenance)
jmn-m-ḥb
m
sš
TT 87 87/166
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
sš jmn-m-ḥb (a)
jmn-m-ḥb
m
sš
TT 87 87/164
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (provenance)
sš jmn-m-ḥb (a)
jmn-m-ḥb
m
sš
Leiden EG-ZM3022
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
jmn-m-ḥb
m
sš
Saqqara M.2.3.P.18.18
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
Saqqara (provenance)
jmn-m-ḥb/mḥ
m
jmj-rꜣ jḥw; jmj-rꜣ jḥw n jmn; sš wr; sš
Louvre N 3097
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
ḥrj-pḏt; jdnw n mšꜥ jmn-m-ḥb/mḥ (w)
jmn-m-st (?)
m
sš; ḥsjj
Davies and Macadam 369
18th Dyn.
jmn-ms
m
sš
RILN A11
18th Dyn.
Wadi el-Barramiya (provenance)
jmn-ms
m
jmj-rꜣ pr; sš
Hermitage 1116 B recto
Amenhotep II ꜥꜣ-ḫprw-rꜥ jmn-ḥtp
jmn-ms
m
sš
BR25
18th Dyn.
Wadi el-Barramiya (provenance)
jmn-ms
m
sš
BR37
18th Dyn.
Wadi el-Barramiya (provenance)
jmn-ms
m
sš
MI04
18th Dyn.
Wadi Mia (provenance)