ḏbꜣt

Egyptian

Etymology

ḏbꜣ +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

Noun

 f

  1. sarcophagus (in general) [Middle Kingdom literature]
  2. specifically, the stone outer sarcophagus (in contrast to the inner sarcophagus)
  3. shrine of a god [Late Period to Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection
Declension of ḏbꜣt (feminine)
singular ḏbꜣt
dual ḏbꜣtj
plural ḏbꜣwt

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏbꜣt  
dbt
[New Kingdom]

References
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 561.8–561.12
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 321
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