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W3

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W·Vessels of stone and earthenware

Transliteration

ḥꜣbšsLogogramPhonogramḥꜣbjpsḏntjwwꜣgḥ(ꜣ)bHbHbtSs
determinativelogogramphonogramother

Variants (2)

Meanings

Representing an alabaster bowl used in purifications.

1
determinative

Determinative for alabaster, as in šs (“alabaster”).

Clarifies the meaning of other signs

2
logogram

Logogram for ḥꜣb (“feast”).

Represents a complete word or concept

3
phonogram

Phonogram for ḥꜣb, as in ḥꜣbj (“to mourn”).

Represents a sound or phonetic value

4
determinative

Determinative for feast, as in psḏntjw (“new-moon festival”), wꜣg (“wag-festival”).

Clarifies the meaning of other signs

5
logogram

Logogram (festival)

Represents a complete word or concept

6
other

An alabaster basin with a diamond shaped inner marking.

Has a specialized or contextual function

7
logogram

Logogram: Hbt — ritual book

Represents a complete word or concept

8
logogram

Logogram: Ss — alabaster

Represents a complete word or concept

9
determinative

Determinative: Feast

Clarifies the meaning of other signs

Attested Examplesfrom the TLA corpus

𓋲 𓆼 𓍱𓎱 𓆼

mnḫ.t ḫꜣ šs ḫꜣ

Tausend an Kleidung, tausend an Alabastergefäßen.

2494 BCE – 2181 BCEearlier Egyptian

𓋴𓍿𓐏𓉲𓎱𓎰

sṯi̯-ḥꜣb

Festduftöl.

2345 BCE – 2181 BCEearlier Egyptian

𓁹 𓂋 𓎢 𓎛𓃀𓎱

ꞽri̯ r =k ḥb

(Und) feiere ein Fest!

1939 BCE – 1760 BCEearlier Egyptian

Source: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae corpus (CC BY-SA 4.0) — translations in German.