jwsw

jwsw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iuːsuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: iusu

Noun

 m

1. balance scales, especially handheld scales [Middle Kingdom literature to Late Period]
   • c. 1860–1839 BCE, The Eloquent Peasant, version B1 (Papyrus Berlin P 3023), 353–354:

     jn gsꜣ jwsw

     Does a balance tilt?

Inflection

Declension of jwsw (masculine)

singular	jwsw
dual	jwswwj
plural	jwsww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jwsw  

jwsw	jws	ꜣwsw	ꜣwswt
			[New Kingdom]
			in papyri

Synonyms

• mjḫꜣt

References

• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 14
• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 6, 57.18–57.19
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 284 page 132, 284.