msdmt

Egyptian

Derived from sdm (“to put on makeup”).

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

f

a black mineral pigment used as eye makeup and medicinally prescribed for eye disease; mesdemet
a black pigment used for painting small images of gods [New Kingdom, Greco-Roman Period]

Declension of msdmt (feminine)

Alternative hieroglyphic forms of the phonetic component of msdmt

msdt

msdmt

msḏmt

msdmt

[Old Kingdom]

[since the Middle Kingdom]

[New Kingdom]

Alternative determinatives of msdmt

also used as an abbreviation
for the word

Bohairic Coptic: ⲉⲥⲑⲏⲙ (esthēm)
Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲧⲏⲙ (stēm)
- → Ancient Greek: στίμμι (stímmi), στίβι (stíbi)
  - → Latin: stibium
    - → English: stibium, stibnite

Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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