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Pick (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Pick hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed nos. U17, U18 is a portrayal of a 'pick upon the side view of a block'; it is in the Gardiner subset for ''agriculture, crafts, and professions''. In the Egyptian language, the ''pick hieroglyph'' is used as an ideogram or determinative for ''grg'', the verb "to pick through", or for other related words. Verb: to settle, found, establish; (also dismantle) Though the ''pick hieroglyph'' shows: 'use of a pick, upon a surface', the verb "to choose" is not implied. The Egyptian language verb for 'to pick or select' is used by "to choose", the commonly used ''stp'' hieroglyph, an adze, or specifically the ' adze-on-block (hieroglyph)', Gardiner no. U21, U21, also in the Gardiner subset of ''agriculture, crafts, and professions''. The pick hieroglyph in Budge's two volume dictionary has twelve entries, the final three dealing with "lies" and using the determinative of the sparrow (hieroglyph), for 'bad', 'evil', Gardiner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egypte Louvre 232 Pot
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip of Palestine and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south, and Libya to the west. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northeast separates Egypt from Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt, while Alexandria, the second-largest city, is an important industrial and tourist hub at the Mediterranean coast. At approximately 100 million inhabitants, Egypt is the 14th-most populated country in the world. Egypt has one of the longest histories of any country, tracing its heritage along the Nile Delta back to the 6th–4th millennia BCE. Considered a cradle of civilisation, Ancient Egypt saw some of the earliest developments of writing, agriculture, urban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |