jzwt

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

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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:[1]

     
     
     

     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]

• ꜥꜣ n jzwt
• rmṯ jzwt

From jz (“old, ancient”) +‎ -wt.

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1. ancient times, antiquity, yore

• 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, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 127.11–127.17
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) “ı͗sw·t”, in Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 128.10–128.13