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Viper (hieroglyph)
The total number of distinct Egyptian hieroglyphs increased over time from several hundred in the Middle Kingdom to several thousand during the Ptolemaic Kingdom. In 1928/1929 Alan Gardiner published an overview of hieroglyphs, Gardiner's sign list, the basic modern standard. It describes 763 signs in 26 categories (A–Z, roughly). Georg Möller compiled more extensive lists, organized by historical epoch (published posthumously in 1927 and 1936). In Unicode, the block ''Egyptian Hieroglyphs'' (2009) includes 1071 signs, organization based on Gardiner's list. As of 2016, there is a proposal by Michael Everson to extend the Unicode standard to comprise Möller's list. Subsets Notable subsets of hieroglyphs: * Determinatives * Uniliteral signs * Biliteral signs * Triliteral signs * Egyptian numerals Letter classification by Gardiner List of hieroglyphs In Unicode Unicode character names follow Gardiner's sign list (padded with zeroes to three digits, i.e. Gardin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Egyptian hieroglyphs (, ) were the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt, used for writing the Egyptian language. Hieroglyphs combined logographic, syllabic and alphabetic elements, with some 1,000 distinct characters.There were about 1,000 graphemes in the Old Kingdom period, reduced to around 750 to 850 in the classical language of the Middle Kingdom, but inflated to the order of some 5,000 signs in the Ptolemaic period. Antonio Loprieno, ''Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction'' (Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1995), p. 12. Cursive hieroglyphs were used for religious literature on papyrus and wood. The later hieratic and demotic Egyptian scripts were derived from hieroglyphic writing, as was the Proto-Sinaitic script that later evolved into the Phoenician alphabet. Through the Phoenician alphabet's major child systems (the Greek and Aramaic scripts), the Egyptian hieroglyphic script is ancestral to the majority of scripts in modern use, most prominently the Latin and Cyr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bee (hieroglyph)
The Egyptian hieroglyph representing a honey bee (𓆤 Gardiner L2). It is used as an ideogram for "bee" (''bjt''),Betrò, 1995. '' Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt,'' p. 117. but most frequently as part of the title of the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, rendered ''nswt-bjtj'' (interpreted as "He of the Sedge and the Bee"). See also * Gardiner's Sign List#L. Invertebrates and lesser animals * Egyptian biliteral signs * Nswt-bjtj *List of Egyptian hieroglyphs References *Betrò, 1995. '' Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt,'' Betrò, Maria Carmela, c. 1995, 1996-(English), Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, London, Paris (hardcover, ) *Budge, (1920), 1978. ''An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary,'' E.A.Wallace Budge, (Dover Publications), c 1978, (c 1920), Dover edition, 1978. (In two volumes, 1314 pp. and cliv-(154) pp.) (softcover, {{ISBN, 0-486-23615-3) Egyptian hieroglyphs: invertebrates and lesser animals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Face (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Face hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. D2 is a portrayal of the ''human face, frontal view.'' It is an Egyptian language biliteral with the value ''hr'', ḥr. The sign is also an ideogram for 'face', and related words. Preposition usage The Face hieroglyph is used as a preposition, and in preposition constructs. The common meanings for the single face are: in, at, upon, on, by, etc.Budge, 1991. ''A Hieroglyphic Dictionary to the Book of the Dead,'' p. 268. See also * Gardiner's Sign List#D. Parts of the Human Body *List of Egyptian hieroglyphs File:Hatshepsut temple10.JPG, Face hieroglyph (detailed closeup view) File:GD-EG-Alex-MuséeNat046.JPG, relief References *Betrò, 1995. '' Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt,'' Betrò, Maria Carmela, c. 1995, 1996-(English), Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, London, Paris (hardcover, ) *Budge, 1991. ''A Hieroglyphic Dictionary to the Book of the Dead,'' E.A.Wallace Budge, Dover ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emblem Of The West (hieroglyph)
The Egyptian hieroglyph Emblem of the West ( Gardiner no. R13 𓊿 or R14 𓋀) represents the goddess Imentet, personification of the afterlife. It is composed of a hawk or ostrich feather. The alternate version of the symbol contains the complete figure of the hawk, for Horus, with the feather extending sideways, making it similar to the iat standard, surmounted by individual gods. The feather is associated with the headdress worn by the Libyans. The lower part of the hieroglyph contains the vertical form of the "folded cloth" (S29 𓋴) . As an ideogram, the hieroglyph represents ''imnt'' "west" or ''wnmy'' "right".''How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs'', Collier and Manley, Character "E7", p. 139. ''Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt'', Betro, p. 212A, ''Emblem of the West''. File:Hieroglyphs.jpg, Hieroglyphs from Ankhnesneferibre's coffin; she was a Divine Adoratrice of Amun File:Stelae front.jpg, A stela.5 registers of hieroglyphs read from upper right-to-left ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emblem Of The East (hieroglyph)
The Egyptian hieroglyph Emblem of the East (𓋁 Gardiner no. R15) is a portrayal of a standard, surmounted by the "Symbol of the East". It represents the Goddess Iabet. Her companion goddess Imentet is represented by the "Emblem of the West". As an ideogram, it represents either ''iꜣbt'' "east" or ''iꜣby'' "left". The symbol for the "West"/"right" was considered 'good', and thus the East symbol sometimes symbolized the opposite of good, evil. However, as the sun rises in the East, the solar cult often used the symbol.Betrò, 1995, p. 212. See also *List of hieroglyphs/R *Iabet File:Karnak Khonsou 080522.jpg, Relief showing Emblem of the East, and Emblem of the West File:IvoryLabelOfDen-BritishMuseum-August19-08.jpg, Label of Pharaoh Den Den may refer to: * Den (room), a small room in a house * Maternity den, a lair where an animal gives birth Media and entertainment * ''Den'' (album), 2012, by Kreidler * Den (''Battle Angel Alita''), a character in the ''Bat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egg (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Egg hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. H8, is a portrayal of an ''oval-shaped egg'', tilted at an angle, within the Gardiner signs for ''parts of birds''. It is an Egyptian language hieroglyph determinative used for the Egyptian word ', "egg". It is also used for the names of goddesses. Goddess Isis uses the egg in her hieroglyphic block.Betrò, 1995, Egg: p. 125. Q1-X1:H8 There are variations of her name block. Cleopatra III uses the Egg hieroglyph as part of her name within her cartouc See also * Gardiner's Sign List#H. Parts of Birds *List of Egyptian hieroglyphs File:Edfu24 Wadjet.jpg, Wall relief File:Isis DSCN5917.JPG, Relief File:Wall relief Kom Ombo17.JPG, Goddess Isis File:Wall relief Kom Ombo19.JPG, Cleopatra III Cleopatra III ( grc-gre, Κλεοπάτρα; c.160–101 BC) was a queen of Egypt. She ruled at first with her mother Cleopatra II and husband Ptolemy VIII from 142 to 131 BC and again from 127 to 116 BC. She then ruled wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djsr (arm With Powerstick)
The ancient Egyptian ''horizontally-outstretched'' Arm with powerstick is a hieroglyph with the meaning of "force", or "power of action". As a baton, or macehead. Power is obvious, but the origins may have also had references to magic, or the idea of driving-off bad spirits or omens. A "sacred", or protected area is therefore created, by the action implied and used by the "Arm with Power stick". A term used in later Ancient Egypt was 'ta djeser', the 'land-sacred'. Thus temples, or mortuaries, or areas for ritual could be created. Language usage of "Arm with powerstick" The basic language equivalent of Arm with powerstick hieroglyph is 'djeser', or 'tjeser', meaning "holy", or "sacred". The hieroglyph is also used as a determinative to emphasize a word, for example line 6 of the Rosetta Stone, uses one of the commonest words with the Arm-throwstick: 'nekht' , (i.e. "to be strong", "powerful"). In Ptolemy V's Rosetta Stone, line 6: ''..."Ptolemy, the Avenger of Baq-t-(Egypt), t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossroads (hieroglyph)
The Egyptian hieroglyph Townsite-city-region is Gardiner sign listed no. O49 for the intersection of a town's streets. In some Egyptian hieroglyph books it is called a city plan. It is used in Egyptian hieroglyphs as a determinative in the names of town or city placenames. Also, as an ideogram in the Egyptian word "city", ''niwt''. Origin and history Betrò's modern Egyptian book, ''Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt'' uses the "crossroads", "intersection" hieroglyph with the name of ''City Plan''. The oldest use of placenames is from the original cosmetic palettes of the early years of Ancient Egypt. The Narmer Palette has a bull with a broken-open Fortress (hieroglyph) enclosure.O13 The Bull Palette contains two cities identified with internal iconographic hieroglyphs. Betrò uses the Libyan Palette as her extensive explanation of the ''City Plan''. The Libyan Palette contains seven cities, fortress-protected; the seven cities are identified inside an approximate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-ndj (hieroglyph)
The Egyptian hieroglyph ''ndj'' (nḏ) ( Gardiner Aa27, U+13429 𓐩) has the shape of a cross. It presumably depicts some type of tool such as a mill. It is often written alongside the ''nu'' "pot" hieroglyph (W24). It is used as an ideogram or determinative in the context of "grains", "grinding stone", "grind", "to rub out". Budge's dictionary to the Book of the Dead has the following uses for the hieroglyph: :1—(nos 1,2,4)-"to protect, guard, avenge", and "protector, advocate, avenger" :2—(no. 3)-''"homage to thee"'', (a form of salutation to gods) :3—(nos. 5,6,7)-"discuss a matter with someone", "to converse", "to take counsel"; (uses the 'man-seated hieroglyph' for 'concepts', or 'speech', no. A2) A2Budge, 1991. ''A Hieroglyphic Dictionary to the Book of the Dead'', "netch", p. 226. Budge's two-volume dictionary has entries for "rub out" and "grind", both connected to Coptic language words. Of the thirty-three entries, six refer to these two definitions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Child (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian child hieroglyph is part of the Egyptian Gardiner's Sign List hieroglyphs for the beginning core subgroup of ''Man and his Occupations''. It relates to the child, and childhood, and has a version for the Pharaoh, as a child. The hieroglyphic equivalent of the ''child hieroglyph'' is ''nn'' as a phonogram. It is the ancient Egyptian language equivalent of ''hrd''-(meaning "child").Betrò, 1995. ''Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt'', p. 36. The hieroglyph is also a determinative in words relating to childhood;Betrò, 1995, p. 36. (also an abbreviation for "child"). See also * Gardiner's Sign List#A. Man and his Occupations *List of Egyptian hieroglyphs *Harpocrates Harpocrates ( grc, Ἁρποκράτης, Phoenician: 𐤇𐤓𐤐𐤊𐤓𐤈, romanized: ḥrpkrṭ, ''harpokrates'') was the god of silence, secrets and confidentiality in the Hellenistic religion developed in Ptolemaic Alexandria (and also ... References *Betrò, 1995. '' Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carob (hieroglyph)
The vertical carob M29 (Gardiner M29) and the vertical date M30 (Gardiner M30) have identical meanings in the Egyptian hieroglyphic language of "sweet", and related words. The carob (hieroglyph) is a ''ripe carob pod w/seeds'', and its meaning of "sweet" extends to items of taste, smell, and touch.Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998. ''Illustrated Hieroglyphics Handbook'', triliteral T13, pp. 268-69. In Budge's compendium dictionary, there are fifteen entries with ', and related words. Six of them are a doubling of the word, ' related to passion, concubines, etc. See also * Gardiner's Sign List#M. Trees and Plants *List of Egyptian hieroglyphs The total number of distinct Egyptian hieroglyphs increased over time from several hundred in the Middle Kingdom to several thousand during the Ptolemaic Kingdom. In 1928/1929 Alan Gardiner published an overview of hieroglyphs, Gardiner's sign ... References {{reflist Egyptian hieroglyphs: trees and plants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bull (ka Hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Bull (hieroglyph), Gardiner sign listed no. E1, is the representation of the common bull. The bull motif is dominant in protodynastic times (see Bull Palette), and also has prominence in the early dynastic Egypt, famously on the Narmer Palette. Its phonetic value is ''kꜣ'' (Egyptological pronunciation "ka"). bull hieroglyph is sometimes reinforced with a complementary hieroglyph, the "arm with stick of authority" (D40), E1:D40 (see photo, Deir el-Bahari). See also * * *Ka (Egyptian soul) The ancient Egyptians believed that a soul ( kꜣ and bꜣ; Egypt. pron. ka/ba) was made up of many parts. In addition to these components of the soul, there was the human body (called the ''ḥꜥ'', occasionally a plural '' ḥꜥw'', meani ... References *Budge, (1920), 1978. ''An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary,'' E.A.Wallace Budge, (Dover Publications), c 1978, (c 1920), Dover edition, 1978. (In two volumes, 1314 pp. and cliv-(154) pp.) (softcover, ) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
