jzwt

Egyptian

FWOTD – 24 November 2019

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work-gang, team or crew of workers [since the Old Kingdom]
- 6th Dynasty, Giza, Western Cemetery, Shaft G 2188 Y, Block of sunk relief inscription mentioning the dog Abutiu (35-10-22/Cairo JE 67573), lines 6–9:^[1]
  
  rḏj ḥm.f [s]fṯ ḫwz n[.f] jz jn jzwt nt (j)qdw
  His Majesty gave pine oil and (ordered) that a tomb be built for him by a gang of builders.
crew of a boat, especially the solar barque [since the Old Kingdom]
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 7–8:
  
  jzwt.n jj.t(j) ꜥd.t(j) nn nhw n mšꜥ.n
  Our crew has returned intact, without loss to our expedition.
troop, band, or company of soldiers [since the New Kingdom]
entourage or following of a king or god [Greco-Roman Period]

Declension of jzwt (feminine)

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jzwt

jzwt

jzyt

[Old Kingdom]

[Middle Kingdom]

[New Kingdom]

[Late Period]

[Greco-Roman Period]

from the Tomb of
Urarna, west wall^[2]

in hieratic

From jz (“old, ancient”) +‎ -wt.

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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jzwt

jswt

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 223.
Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 136
Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) “ı͗s·t”, in Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 127.11–127.17
Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) “ı͗sw·t”, in Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[2], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 128.10–128.13

^ Reisner, George A. (1936) “The Dog which was Honored by the King of Upper and Lower Egypt” in Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, volume XXXIV, number 206, pages 96–99
^ Davies, N. de G. (1901) The Rock Tombs of Sheikh Saïd, plate 16