The
ancient Egyptian Mast hieroglyph is one of the oldest
language
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hieroglyphs from Ancient Egypt. It is used on a famous 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 ''Battle Angel Alita' ...
of the
First dynasty, but forms part of the location hieroglyph:
Emblem of the East
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 Wes ...
.
Nectanebo II
Nectanebo II ( Egyptian: ; grc-gre, Νεκτανεβώς ) was the last native ruler of Ancient Egypt, as well as the third and last pharaoh from the Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt. He reigned from 358 to 340 BC.
Under Nectanebo II, Egypt prosper ...
's
obelisk
An obelisk (; from grc, ὀβελίσκος ; diminutive of ''obelos'', " spit, nail, pointed pillar") is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape or pyramidion at the top. Originally constructed by An ...
uses the Mast hieroglyph when describing the construction of his obelisk; in a S-Egyptian emphatic word construct he adds a ''vertical S'', the
folded cloth,
Gardiner no. S29,
S29, at the beginning of the word "to erect". (see here, high res
low res
The Ship's Mast hieroglyph is used as a
Egyptian triliteral signs, triliteral phonetic hieroglyphic to represent the sound sequence
ꜥḥꜥ, which means "to stand erect", or "to stand vertical"; its use is extensive throughout the language history, and hieroglyphic
tomb relief
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s and story-telling of Ancient Egypt. It is possibly a forerunner hieroglyph ''kh3'' , the sun rising upon the horizon.
In the 198 BC
Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone is a stele composed of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in Memphis, Egypt, in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes. The top and middle texts are in Ancien ...
, the ship's mast hieroglyph has the unique usage in the final line of the
Ptolemy V
egy, Iwaennetjerwymerwyitu Seteppah Userkare Sekhem-ankhamun Clayton (2006) p. 208.
, predecessor = Ptolemy IV
, successor = Ptolemy VI
, horus = '' ḥwnw-ḫꜤj-m-nsw-ḥr-st-jt.f'Khunukhaiemnisutkhersetitef'' The youth who ...
decree: the mast is used twice-(adjective, verb):
::engrave the decree..: ''"...upon a vertical-(mast)
stone stele"''..in the 3-language scripts, ..''"Shall be made to stand it in the sanctuaries in temples
all
All or ALL may refer to:
Language
* All, an indefinite pronoun in English
* All, one of the English determiners
* Allar language (ISO 639-3 code)
* Allative case (abbreviated ALL)
Music
* All (band), an American punk rock band
* ''All'' (All al ...
..."
Image:IvoryLabelOfDen-BritishMuseum-August19-08.jpg, Ship's Mast on 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 ''Battle Angel Alita' ...
, 1st Dynasty
Image:ParapetFragment-NefertitiPresentsMaatToAten BrooklynMuseum.png, From right, hieroglyphs: sedge of the South, Papyrus clump with leaves of North- Nile Delta, wife-hieroglyph, the tree-hieroglyph, and the Ship's Mast hieroglyph
Image:Egypte louvre 077 cartouche.jpg, Cartouche
In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a cartouche is an oval with a line at one end tangent to it, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name. The first examples of the cartouche are associated with pharaohs at the end of the Third Dynasty, but the f ...
amulet, with variant form of mast hieroglyph
Image:PelermoStoneFragment-PetrieMuseum.png, Old Kingdom
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of Ancient Egypt: Palermo stone fragment
Image:Nectanebo II obelisk.jpg, Nectanebo II
Nectanebo II ( Egyptian: ; grc-gre, Νεκτανεβώς ) was the last native ruler of Ancient Egypt, as well as the third and last pharaoh from the Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt. He reigned from 358 to 340 BC.
Under Nectanebo II, Egypt prosper ...
obelisk, stating that he 'erected' the obelisk, (using the Mast-hieroglyph)
See also
*
Gardiner's Sign List#P. Ships and Parts of Ships
*
Gardiner's Sign List#U. Agriculture, Crafts, and Professions
*
List of Egyptian hieroglyphs by common name: M-Z
*
Mast
References
*Budge. ''An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary,''
E.A.Wallace Budge, (Dover Publications), c 1978, (c 1920), Dover edition, 1978. (In two volumes) (softcover, )
*Budge. ''The Rosetta Stone,''
E.A.Wallace Budge, (Dover Publications), c 1929, Dover edition(unabridged), 1989. (softcover, {{ISBN, 0-486-26163-8)
Egyptian hieroglyphs: arts and trades
Egyptian hieroglyphs: ships and parts of ships