Glossary Of Ancient Egyptian Nautical Terms

Dilwyn Jones, Jones

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN: 9781317726647
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Ancient History
• Index: History

First Published in 1988. This glossary of ancient Egyptian nautical terms compounds the titles of naval personnel, harbour personnel and dockyard personnel. Following this, the glossary focuses on the ship types, ship parts, ship equipment and specific naval installations. Alongside miscellaneous terms, there is additional attention made to actual names of ships, boats, and temple barks. The title concludes with a comprehensive appendix.

I. TITLES

a. Titles of Naval Personnel

1.

3ṯw n ist, Attendant of, a ship’s crew, (Rʿ-snb), (M.K.); Gayet, Stéles, pl. 23, (C 40). Originally incorrectly read 3ṯw ḥry ist, (Ward, Index, no. 9); Feucht, Nil, no. 166 with fig., (Sbk-ddw, ‘Befehlshaber der Schiffsmannschaft’). See also Franke, GM 83,(1984), VII, 115(9),

2.

3ṯw n nfww Attendant of sailors, (anon), (M.K.); Lyon Stela 87; WB, Belegstellen I, 288, 11; Posener, RdE 23,(1971), 37.

3.

3ṯw /wʿrtw n ḥʿw, Custodian of a ship, HT III, 46, (BM 215). Originally incorrectly read 3ṯw imy-r ʿḥʿ n,.., (Ward, Index, no. 2). See now, however, Supplement, 39, Pt. II, 2 and 92, 97). I have examined the stela but the surface is now so friable that it is impossible to determine what was once written there. The photograph ANOC 25, no. 25, 1 is also unclear. On the reading 3ṯw in place of wʿrtw (WB I, 288, 9–13), see Posener, RdE 23,(1971), 31–32, 37, (3ṯw imy-r imw: ‘commandant du vaisseau’). See also now Franke, op. cit.,(1984), VII, 115(1). On wʿrtw, (‘quartermaster of the army’), see Faulkner, JEA 39, (1953), 41; MRTO, para. 8ff; DLE I, 109.

4.

imy-irty, imy-irty wi3/ḥʿw/dpt, Sailing master, ship’s captain, pilot, gubernator, Brugsch, Wb. V, 73–4;. WB I, 72, 22; 106, 17; Petrie, AE (1926), no. 1527; Murray, Index, XVII; Ward, Index, no. 22a: ‘ship’s pilot’: RILN nos. 214–5; ibid., nos. A26 and A27; Hatnub, Gr.3, 5, pl. 10; Gr.8, 1, pl. 12; Green, PSBA 31,(1909), pl. 34, no. 17, (Msy); Qubbet el Hawa, 2, 1, pls. 38–52, (ʿnḥ-n.f-it.f); Edel, ZÄS 100, (1973), 5, (K3<i>-m-snw,

); Cat. des. Mon I, 162, no. 7; 207, no. 32 and no. 35; Hammamat, no. 182; IS 17 (= Urk I, 113, 6, 9, 11); ibid, 16 (= Urk I, 92, 5, 8); Urk I, 67, 6; CGC 1730c, (Šnst or Šn-sti, also imy(?) wi3 ʿ3); Urk I, 135, 17, (‘In.it.f). Cf. Bubastite Portal, pl. 21, 10,(ḥmw nfr ḥ3tt m-ʿ imy-irty qn = Aegypt. Biogr. 8, 2, 348, 3. 1. 27, Take-lot II, Dyn. XXII). See also Osorkon, 95, (B10); Beamtentiteln, 101; IS, 14; Junker, Gîza IV, 61. See also Etudes, 189ff and 433, n. 6; LA I, 706; ibid., IV, 129; ibid., V, 605, n. 58; ALex, 78.0291; ALex, 79.0190. Cf. also Erman, ZÄS 52,(1915), 107. For recent discussion, see Valloggia, Mél. Vercoutter, (B), 357ff. See also here ʿpr wi3, zš ṯst, ṯst, ṯs<W>t nt ʿpr wi3.

5.

imy wi3 ʿ3, He who is in the great wi3-bark, (Šnst or Šn-sti), (late Dyn. VI); CGC 1730c; Valloggia, Mél Vercoutter, 359. This individual was also imy-irty. See, however, Edel, ZÄS 100,(1973), 5 who would read jmj-jrtj m wj3wj ʿ3wj. Cf. also here imy-ḥt wi3 ʿ3.

6.

imy wsḫ, (lit.) He who is in the wsḫ-boat, perhaps shipmate, DLE I, 31, (‘shipmate’), (Dyn. XX, time of Ramesses VII); P. Turin 2008+2016, Ro. 3, 17, (‘Imn-m-ḥb), 23, (Fn-ímnty-nḫt, also a nfw, Ro. 3, 4), 28, (Wsr-ḥ3t and Sʿnḫ), (= TSLogs, 61–2 = KRI VI, 412, 14–15; 413, 5, 10). Cf. Janssen, (TSLogs, 80), who says that the above title was probably a synonym of nfw (cf. op. cit., Ro. 3, 4 and 28 where a certain Wsr-ḥ3t is described as nfw and imy-wsḫ). Cf. also ALex, 78.1101; Andreu & Cauville, RdE 30, (1978), 11. Cf. also here ist wsḫ.

7.

imy ḥmww, (Lit.) He who is between the steering-oars, helmsman(?), (tomb of K3<.i>-m-ʿnḫ, Dyn. VI); Junker, Gîza IV, 61, (‘der auf dem Achterdeck Dienst tuende Offizier’). Cf. also FECT II, 287, (Sp. 753), (= CT VI 382u); ibid., III, 159, (Sp. 1104), (= CT VII, 431).

8.

imy-r iḥ /İ3dt, Overseer of the boat-nets, (Msty /Msyti), (Dyn. VI); Minor Cemetery, 136; PM III, Index K, no. 393, (= 98).

9.

imy-r iswt, Overseer of a crew (of a boat), master-mariner, (O.K., M.K.); Ward, Index, no. 46; FM 31694; LD II, pl. 62; Meir V, pls. 42, 43; Nianchchnum, fig. 9; Epron & Wild, Ti, I, pls. XIX, XXVI; Ti, pl. 22; Mereruka 2, pl. 134, (bis. Nfr-mnḫt, Nfr-wdnt). Cf. also Scènes, 40; LA V, 605, n. 57.

10.

<imy->r iswt nswt, Overseer of the royal boat crew, (P3-ḫ3ʿs), (Late Period, early Ptol.); CGC 1085m; Daressy, RT 15,(1894), 157, n. 5; Mon. divers, pl. 34C (– Baillet, RT 28, (1906), 114, n. 9); Van’t Dack, PtolAeg. 81, and n. 190; Prosopographie, Doc. 282, 183, (‘commandant de l’equipage du bateau du roi’). This individual was also imy-r ʿḥʿw nsw and ḥry mšʿ.

11.

imy-r ist ḫ nww, Overseer of a crew of oarsmen, Junker, Gîza IX, fig. 15 and ibid., 47, (Ssmw, Dyn. V-VI); PM III², Index K, no. 421, (= 114). Cf. Fischer, Dendera, 211 and n. 819; ALex, 79.0332: ‘équipe de rameurs’: CAA Pel. Mus. 7, 32. Cf. imy-r ḫnww below.

12.

imy-r ʿprw, Overseer of sailors, (Mnṯw-ḥtpw), (M.K.); Ward, Index, no. 65: IS no. 47, pl. XVI. This individual was also imy-r ʿḥ^c:w, See also Seyfried, Beiträge, 214ff and here ʿprw.

13.

imy-r ʿpr<w> <n> ʿḥʿw nswt, Commander of the royal boat crew, Leader of the crew of the royal fleet, (Sm3-t3wy-tf-nhḫ), (Saite, time of Psammetichus I); WB I, 181, 10; Mon. divers, pl. 34, g. 2; CGC 653; Documents, 127; Ihnâsya, 133; Etudes, 140, n. 2 and 142, n. 6; PM IV, 46; Prosopographie, Doc. 107, (‘chef des équipages de la flo...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Studies in Egyptology
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• Conventions
• Introduction
• I Titles
• II Ship Types
• III Ship's-Parts
• IV Ship's Equipment
• V Naval Installations
• VI Verbs Relating to Naval Activities
• VII Ship's Names
• VIII Miscellaneous
• Glossary of Terms
• Index of Names and Titles
• Appendix