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ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower E ...
ian Adze on a Wood Block, or ''Axe in a Block of Wood'' hieroglyph,
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sign listed no. U20, is a portrayal of the
adze An adze () or adz is an ancient and versatile cutting tool similar to an axe but with the cutting edge perpendicular to the handle rather than parallel. Adzes have been used since the Stone Age. They are used for smoothing or carving wood in ha ...
. It is used mostly in the
cartouche upalt=A stone face carved with coloured hieroglyphics. Two cartouches - ovoid shapes with hieroglyphics inside - are visible at the bottom., Birth and throne cartouches of Pharaoh KV17.html" ;"title="Seti I, from KV17">Seti I, from KV17 at the ...
s of pharaonic names especially, or other important names. The ''adze on block'' has the
Egyptian language The Egyptian language, or Ancient Egyptian (; ), is an extinct branch of the Afro-Asiatic languages that was spoken in ancient Egypt. It is known today from a large corpus of surviving texts, which were made accessible to the modern world ...
value of ''stp'' and is the verb ''"choose"''. It is used as a
determinative A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they ...
in 'stp', "cut into pieces", and as an
ideogram An ideogram or ideograph (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'idea' + 'to write') is a symbol that is used within a given writing system to represent an idea or concept in a given language. (Ideograms are contrasted with phonogram (linguistics), phono ...
Betrò, 1995, p. 229. for 'stp', "choose", "choice".
The adze tool sign, Gardiner nos. U18 and U19, U19, U20, portray just the adze, (or ''hand-axe'').


Cartouche usage: ''"chosen of"''

The most common usage of this hieroglyph is for a descriptor with the names in the pharaonic
cartouche upalt=A stone face carved with coloured hieroglyphics. Two cartouches - ovoid shapes with hieroglyphics inside - are visible at the bottom., Birth and throne cartouches of Pharaoh KV17.html" ;"title="Seti I, from KV17">Seti I, from KV17 at the ...
. An example for
Ramesses II Ramesses II (sometimes written Ramses or Rameses) (; , , ; ), commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was an Pharaoh, Egyptian pharaoh. He was the third ruler of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Nineteenth Dynasty. Along with Thutmose III of th ...
, shows his prenomen as: <-ra-wsr-mAat-stp*ra:n-> ''UserMaatRe SetepeNRe'', and is approximately: ''
Maat Maat or Maʽat ( Egyptian: ''mꜣꜥt'' /ˈmuʀʕat/, Coptic: ⲙⲉⲓ) comprised the ancient Egyptian concepts of truth, balance, order, harmony, law, morality, and justice. Maat was also the goddess who personified these concepts, and regul ...
's Power of Ra, (the) Chosen of Ra.'' (i.e. ''Maat's Powerful and Chosen (one) of Ra'')


See also

* Gardiner's Sign List#U. Agriculture, Crafts, and Professions *
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 ...
* Adze#Africa File:Statue of Pharaoh Osorkon I-AO 9502-IMG 7653-gradient.jpg, Statue of Pharaoh
Osorkon I Sekhemkheperre Osorkon I was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 22nd Dynasty. Osorkon's territory included much of the Levant. The Osorkon Bust found at Byblos is one of the five Byblian royal inscriptions. Biography According to the stela of P ...
File:Pectoral Rameses II Louvre E79.jpg,
Pectoral (Ancient Egypt) The pectorals of ancient Egypt were a form of jewelry, often in the form of a brooch. They are often also amulets, and may be so described. They were mostly worn by richer people and the pharaoh. One type is attached with a ''nah'' necklace, susp ...
File:RamessesIX-OstraconPresentingMaat MetropolitanMuseum.png, Goddess
Maat Maat or Maʽat ( Egyptian: ''mꜣꜥt'' /ˈmuʀʕat/, Coptic: ⲙⲉⲓ) comprised the ancient Egyptian concepts of truth, balance, order, harmony, law, morality, and justice. Maat was also the goddess who personified these concepts, and regul ...
(hieroglyph) on '' Basket hieroglyph'' being presented by
Ramesses IX Neferkare Setepenre Ramesses IX (also written Ramses) (originally named Amon-her-khepshef Khaemwaset) (ruled 1129–1111 BC) was the eighth pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt. He was the third longest serving king of this Dynasty after ...
File:Karnak titul ramses.JPG,
Ramses II Ramesses II (sometimes written Ramses or Rameses) (; , , ; ), commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was an Pharaoh, Egyptian pharaoh. He was the third ruler of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Nineteenth Dynasty. Along with Thutmose III of th ...
cartouches at
Karnak The Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak (), comprises a vast mix of temples, pylons, chapels, and other buildings near Luxor, Egypt. Construction at the complex began during the reign of Senusret I (reigned 1971–1926 BC) in the ...


References

*Betrò, 1995. '' Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt'', Maria Carmela Betrò, c. 1995, 1996-(English), Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, London, Paris (hardcover, ) *Collier and Manley, 1998. ''
How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs ''How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs'' is a primer on understanding Egyptian hieroglyphs. The text was written by Mark Collier (Egyptologist) and Bill Manley around 1998. The standard version of analytic Egyptian hieroglyphs is based upon the 26 ...
: A Step-by-Step Guide to Teach Yourself'',
Mark Collier (Egyptologist) Mark H. Collier (died February 7, 2022) was an American religious scholar and academic administrator who served as the seventh president of Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, from 1999 to 2006. Life and career Collier served as minister of ...
, and
Bill Manley Bill(s) may refer to: Common meanings * Banknote, paper cash (especially in the United States) * Bill (law), a proposed law put before a legislature * Invoice, commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer * Bill, a bird or animal's beak Plac ...
, c 1998, University of California Press, 179 pp, (with a ''word Glossary'', p 151-61: Title Egyptian-English vocabulary; also an "Answer Key", 'Key to the exercises', p 162–73) (hardcover, ) Egyptian hieroglyphs: agriculture-crafts-and-professions Egyptian hieroglyphs: arts and trades {{hieroglyph-stub