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office , dignity , position [since the Old Kingdom]
c. BCE BCE ,
Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 18:
gm.n.tw ḥr ḫrw.f mꜣꜥ.w rdjw n.f jꜣwt nt (j)t.f Horus was found justified; the office of his father was given to him. function , role , duty ( in the plural , by metonymy ) officials , officeholders ( Late Egyptian ) occupation , profession
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣwt
jꜣwt jꜣwt jꜣwt jꜣwt jꜣwt jꜣwt jꜣt
jꜣwj ( “ to be(come) old ” ) + -t
f
( uncountable ) old age [since the Middle Kingdom]
Synonym: jꜣw
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣwt
jꜣwt jꜣwt
[New Kingdom]
[New Kingdom]
jꜣw ( “ old man ” ) + -t ( feminine suffix ) .
f
old woman [since the Pyramid Texts]
Declension of jꜣwt (feminine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣwt
From the plural of jꜣt ( “ mound ” ) .
f pl
( plural only ) Egypt [Greco-Roman Period] f pl
( Late Egyptian ) Alternative form of ꜥwt ( “ four-legged animals, herds ” ) James P[eter] Allen (2010 ) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs , 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN page 455 Hoch, James (1997 ) Middle Egyptian Grammar , Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN page 242 Erman, Adolf , Grapow, Hermann (1926 ) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache [1] →ISBN pages 26.13, 28.13–28.14, 29.3, 29.7–29.13, 29.15–29.16 Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962 ) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian , Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN pages 7–8 
