pds

See also: PDS and PDs

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun
p
d		 srdxt

 m

  1. box, chest
    • c. 1295 BCE – 1186 BCE, The Admonitions of Ipuwer (pLeiden I 344 Recto) line 8.5:[1]
      m&a t
      n
      Z2      		 D35
      t t      		 nDsmrdsH_SPACE
      W      		 xtsmnb
      t      		 At
      p      		 A9xt
      gmmHt
      D6      		 HrZ1smmwmnb
      t      		 anxZ1N34
      m.tn jwtt {m} pdsw.s m nbt ꜣtp gmḥt ḥr.s m mw m nbt ꜥnḫ
      Look, she who had no box is the owner of a chest; she who observed her face in the water is the owner of a mirror.

Inflection
Declension of pds (masculine)
singular pds
dual pdswj
plural pdsw

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of pds  
rdZ1xt
Z1
pds

References
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 112
  1. Gardiner, Alan (1909) The Admonitions of an Egyptian Sage from a Hieratic Papyrus in Leiden (Pap. Leiden 344 Recto), page 62 and plate 8
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