špssw

Egyptian

Etymology

špss +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

Noun
A51ssY1
Z2

 m

  1. finery, luxuries, riches
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 146–148:
      a&A1 inin
      t      		 n
      k      		 HawP1
      Z2      		 At
      p      		 wA2A24Xr
      r      		 A51ssY2
      Z2      		 nb
      n      		 kmmtniwt
      t Z1
      miiir
      r      		 t
      n      		 nTrZ1U7
      r      		 rA2r
      T      		 A1 B1
      Z2
      mtA
      N23 Z1      		 wAAN31D35r
      x      		 Y2swWrTA1B1Z2ss
      dj.j jn.t(w) n.k ḥꜥw ꜣtp.w ẖr špssw nb n(j) kmt mj jrrt n nṯr mrr r(m)ṯ m tꜣ wꜣ nj rḫ sw r(m)ṯ
      I will have them bring you a fleet laden with every finery of Egypt, like what is done for a god beloved by people[1] in a faraway land people don’t know.

Descendants
  • Sahidic Coptic: ϣⲃϣⲓ (šbši)

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 375.
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 129
  • Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 258
  1. Or ‘who loves people’, depending on whether mrr is an active relative form or a passive participle.
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