sšpt

Egyptian

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /saˈʃaːpat/ → /ˈʃaːpaʔ/ → /ˈʃaːpa/ → /ˈʃoːpə/

Noun
sS
p t		 Hn
Z2ss

 f

  1. (collective) melon(s), possibly muskmelon(s) or cucumber(s)
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 49–50:
      kAwN33C
      Z2      		 imHn
      a      		 n
      q      		 w&&t N33C
      Z2      		 O43p
      t      		 N33C
      Z2      		 miiirts
      kꜣw jm ḥnꜥ nq(ꜥ)wt sšpt mj jr.t(w).s
      Unripe sycamore figs were there along with ripe ones, and muskmelons as if cultivated.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sšpt  
O43p
t		 N33C
Z2ss
šspt

Descendants
  • Demotic: špj, šwbj

References
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 129
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