ṯꜣtj

See also: ttj

Egyptian
Imhotep, the deified ṯꜣtj of Pharaoh Djoser

Pronunciation

Noun
TAt
Z1		 A1

 m

  1. vizier; the head of Egypt’s national administration [Since the Old Kingdom]
    • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 2.3–2.4:
      r
      a      		 inTAt
      A1      		 nistA2nAiif
      n      		 X
      r      		 dwA17AA1
      Z2
      mxt
      x t      		 D54a
      r      		 qarqA2fz
      x      		 rY1r
      T      		 A1 B1
      Z2      		 bM17t
      W10      		 bHA2sn
      Z2      		 miiit
      D54      		 HrZ1r
      f
      rdj.jn ṯꜣt(j) njs.t(w) nꜣy.f n(j) ẖrdw m ḫt ꜥrq.f sḫr r(m)ṯw bj(ꜣ)t.sn m jjt ḥr.f
      So the vizier let his children be summoned after he understood the conduct of people, their character being what had come upon him.
  2. the highest official in enumerations
  3. (later) a sub-official of the vizier
  4. Used of various gods: Thoth, Amon, and Har-wer. [Since the 18th Dynasty]
  5. (rare) Used of the king. [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection
Declension of ṯꜣtj (masculine)
singular ṯꜣtj
dual ṯꜣtjwj
plural ṯꜣtjw

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ṯꜣtj  
TA
TAD53
TAt
TAt
y
TAt
t
TAt
Z1
ṯꜣtj ṯꜣj ṯꜣt ṯꜣtj ṯꜣtj ṯꜣt
[Old Kingdom] [Old Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom] [since the Middle Kingdom]

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: tjaty

References
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 34.
  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
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