jzwt

Egyptian

FWOTD – 24 November 2019

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /izuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: izut

Etymology 1

Noun

 f

1. work-gang, team or crew of workers [since the Old Kingdom]
   • 6th Dynasty, Giza, Western Cemetery, Shaft G 2188 Y, Block of sunk relief inscription mentioning the dog Abutiu (35-10-22/Cairo JE 67573), lines 6–9:

     
     
     

     rḏj ḥm.f [s]fṯ ḫwz n[.f] jz jn jzwt nt (j)qdw

     His Majesty gave pine oil and (ordered) that a tomb be built for him by a gang of builders.

2. crew of a boat, especially the solar barque [since the Old Kingdom]
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 7–8:

     jzwt.n jj.t(j) ꜥd.t(j) nn nhw n mšꜥ.n

     Our crew has returned intact, without loss to our expedition.

3. troop, band, or company of soldiers [since the New Kingdom]
4. entourage or following of a king or god [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

Declension of jzwt (feminine)

singular	jzwt
dual	jzwtj
plural	jzwwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jzwt  

jzwt	jzwt	jzwt	jzwt	jzyt	jzyt	jzyt
[Old Kingdom]	[Old Kingdom]	[Middle Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]	[Late Period]	[Greco-Roman Period]	[Greco-Roman Period]
	from the Tomb of Urarna, west wall	in hieratic

Derived terms

• ꜥꜣ n jzwt
• rmṯ jzwt

Etymology 2

From jz (“old, ancient”) +‎ -wt.

Noun

 f

1. ancient times, antiquity, yore

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jzwt  

jswt

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 223.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 136
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) “ı͗s·t”, in Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 127.11–127.17
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) “ı͗sw·t”, in Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[2], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 128.10–128.13