ꜣꜥꜥt

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑʔɑːɑːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: aaat

Noun

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1. (Late Egyptian) vessel, container, jar
   • c. 1150 BCE, Papyrus Harris I, plate 15a, lines 7–10:

     [...]
     ꜥḏw ⸢ḥḏ⸣ mnt 911
     ꜥḏw r mnt 385
     smy mnt 20
     dmḏ ꜣꜥꜥt dns 9125

     [...]
     ⸢White⸣ fat: 911 jars
     Goose fat: 385 jars
     Curds: 20 jars
     Total of weighted jars: 9125

Usage notes

There seems to be some confusion over the determinative used in this word; Lesko renders it , while Erman and Grapow render it , but in the slips used for compiling their dictionary it is rendered identically to . The original word (and so the determinative) is attested only in hieratic, where the sign most closely resembles other hieratic writings of .

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣꜥꜥt  

ꜣꜥꜥwt	ꜣꜥꜥ	ꜣꜥꜥ

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926-1961), “ꜣꜥꜥ·t”, in Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 3.6
• Lesko, Leonard; Lesko, Barbara (2002), “ꜣꜥꜥ(w)t”, in A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, volume 1, second edition, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN, page 2
• Erichsen, Wolja (1933) Papyrus Harris I: Hieroglyphische Transkription, Brussels, p.18
• Birch, Samuel (1876) Facsimile of an Egyptian Hieratic papyrus of the reign of Ramses III, now in the British Museum, London, p.9 and Plate 15a
• Möller, Georg (1909​–1936) Hieratische Paläographie, Leipzig, vol. 1, pp. 47–48