jz

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iz/
- Conventional anglicization: iz

Noun

m

tomb (including both walled structures and rock tombs) [Pyramid Texts to Greco-Roman Period]
- 12th Dynasty, The coffin of Nakhtankh, London, British Museum, BM EA 35285:
  
  (R50 ≈ )
  
  qrst nfrt m js.f nfr n ẖrt-nṯr
  […] a good burial in his wonderful tomb of the necropolis […]
- c. 1860–1840 BCE, The Loyalist Teaching, Stele of Sehetepibre, CG 20538 verso, line 19:
  
  nn jz n sbj
  There is no tomb for a rebel.
(often dual during the Old Kingdom) administrative chamber, bureau
workshop, especially for the preparation of ointments [since the 18th Dynasty; chiefly Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

Declension of jz (masculine)

singular	jz
dual	jzwj
plural	jzw

Alternative forms

In the sense of ‘tomb’:

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jz

O234

jz

js

jsj

jst

[Old Kingdom]

[12th Dynasty]

[Middle Kingdom]

[18th Dynasty]

[New Kingdom]

[Greco-Roman Period]

in papyri

In the sense of ‘administrative chamber’:

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jz

jz

js

jst

[19th Dynasty]

abbreviation

In the sense of ‘workshop’:

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jz

D283

jst

jswj

[Greco-Roman Period]

Derived terms

jz n kꜣt
jmj-jz

Adjective

old, used, from bygone times [since the Middle Kingdom]
in decline, deteriorating, decaying

Inflection

Declension of jz

	masculine	feminine
singular	jz	jzt
dual	jzwj	jztj
plural	jzw	jzwt¹, jzt²
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jz

jz

jsw

js

jsj

[Middle Kingdom]

[New Kingdom]

abbreviation

Antonyms

mꜣw

Derived terms

jzwt

References

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 117, 218
Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926-1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 126.18–126.24, 127.2–127.5, 128.6–128.9

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