Hand-with-droplets (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Hand-with-droplets hieroglyph, Gardiner's Sign List, Gardiner sign listed no. D46A is a portrayal of the ''hand, with droplet offerings''. In the Old Kingdom usage it is found on ivory labels and slab stelas, presumably with the use of 'aroma' and unguents, or with incense. As the verb usage with 'libation', water or liquids are involved. Usage The hand-with-droplets hierogoglyph is used as a determinative for water libations, or the aroma droplets, (or incense) related to unguents. The Egyptian language usage of the noun, as "incense" or an "incense offering", is ''id'', or ''id.t'', represented as: M17-D46A:X1-.-M17-D46:X1-T12 The second spelling uses the bowstring (hieroglyph), bowstring hieroglyph as a determinative, presumably for its 'strength', and the 'power of unguent aromas'-(i.e. perfumes). The Egyptian language verb form, "to cense, to pour out a libation", spelled as ''id'', ''idy'', has three hieroglyph spellings in the Budge two-volume diction ...
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