W3

alabaster basin

Transliteration

šsḥꜣbwꜣgḥ(ꜣ)bḥbḥbtḥꜣbjpsḏntjw

phonogramlogogramdeterminativeother

Variants (2)

Representing an alabaster bowl used in purifications.

phonogramRepresents a sound or phonetic value

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

logogramRepresents a complete word or concept

1. Logogram for ḥꜣb (“feast”).

2. Logogram (festival)

3. Logogram: ḥbt — ritual book

4. Logogram: ss — alabaster

determinativeClarifies the meaning of other signs

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

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

3. Determinative: feast

otherHas a specialized or contextual function

1. An alabaster basin with a diamond shaped inner marking.

a festival

beginning of the season festival

beginning of the season festival

festival (of beginning of the month)

Half month day

Man and his occupations

Anthropomorphic deities

Anthropomorphic deities