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Egyptian
Etymology
sqbb (“to make cool, to refresh”) + -w + -j.
Pronunciation
Noun
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- A room of some kind found in luxurious houses. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
c. 1859 BCE – 1840 BCE,
The Story of Sinuhe, version B (pBerlin 3022 and pAmherst n-q) line 286–287:
[1]- rdj.kw r pr zꜣ-nswt špssw jm.f sqbbwj jm.f ꜥẖmw nw ꜣḫt
- I was put in a prince’s house with finery in it, a room of refreshment in it, and cultic images of the Akhet,
- cool room for storing food and drink
- bathroom
Inflection
Declension of sqbbwj (masculine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sqbbwj
References
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 116
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 249
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 305.12
- ^ Allen, James Peter (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 147–148
