šnbt

šnbt

See also: Snbt

Egyptian

FWOTD – 8 August 2013

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɛnbɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: shenbet

Noun

 f

1. The front of the upper body; the chest or breast
   • The Poetical Stela of Thutmose III: Part I, Cairo Museum 34010:[1]

     nḏmwj jmꜣt.k r šnbt.j

     How pleasant is your grace to my breast!

Inflection

Declension of šnbt (feminine)

singular	šnbt
dual	šnbtj
plural	šnbwt

References

1. Middle Egyptian Grammar: The Poetical Stela of Thutmose III: Part I , Dr. Gabor Toth, Rutgers University.