ꜣst

Egyptian
sttB1
wall painting circa 1360 BC

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈʀuːsat/ → /ˈʀuːsaʔ/ → /ˈʔuːsa/ → /ˈʔeːsə/

Proper noun
stt

 f

  1. Isis, an important goddess associated with magic and motherhood
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 14–15:
      stt
      H8      		 xAxt
      H_SPACE      		 nDnw t
      Y1      		 snA40sHHt
      D54      		 swwD35
      t t      		 bg
      g      		 A7
      z
      pXr
      r
      t D54      		 N17
      N21 Z1      		 p
      n      		 mHAiit
      nDs      		 D35
      x
      n      		 xnD54
      n
      z      		 D35
      gm      		 mtwssww
      ꜣst ꜣḫt nḏt sn.s ḥḥt sw jwtt b(ꜣ)gg.s pẖrt tꜣ pn m ḥꜣyt nj ḫn.n.s nj gm.tw.s sw
      capable Isis who saved her brother, who sought him without wearying, who circled this land in mourning, not alighting so long as he was not found
  2. a female given name, Iset or Aset, equivalent to English Isis

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣst  
AsttB1
sttG7
sttB1
H8
t
H8
t		 B1
stt
H8
stt
H8		 I12
stt
Z5
iwstst
ꜣst ꜣst ꜣst ꜣst ꜣst ꜣst ꜣst ꜣst jwst
[Old Kingdom] [Pyramid Texts] [Middle Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom] [New Kingdom] [New Kingdom] [Late Period]
only as a goddess

Some authors interpret this name as jst rather than ꜣst. Formerly it was sometimes read as st, but this reading is no longer accepted.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Aramaic: אסי, אס
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲏⲥⲓ (ēsi)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲏⲥⲉ (ēse)
  • → Ancient Greek: Ἶσῐς (Îsis)
  • → Meroitic: 𐦥𐦣𐦯 (wos /⁠wusa⁠/)

References
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