The smiting-blade symbol (hieroglyph), a "horizontal blade-shape", is a symbol in
Gardiner's sign list as no. Aa7, in the ''unclassified'' category. The symbol can be found in use from the
First Dynasty of Egypt, for example on the
MacGregor Label, one 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' ...
's twenty labels (tags) found in his tomb. It is also seen on an artifact belonging to Queen Qaineit, possibly one of King Den's wives.
In the
Egyptian language
The Egyptian language or Ancient Egyptian ( ) is a dead language, dead Afroasiatic languages, Afro-Asiatic language that was spoken in ancient Egypt. It is known today from a large Text corpus, corpus of surviving texts which were made acces ...
, the "smiting-blade symbol" has the value of ''sḳr'' (''sqr''). It follows the same usage of the symbol under ''seq'', for "to smite, strike". The meaning of ''sqr'' has meanings listed as: "to beat, strike, fight, and capture prisoners".
[Budge, 1920, (1978), listed under "sqer", p. 702b.]
See also
*
Gardiner's Sign List#Aa. Unclassified
*
List of Egyptian hieroglyphs
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, )
*Schulz, Seidel, 1998. ''Egypt: The World of the Pharaohs,'' Editors, Regine Schulz, Matthias Seidel, Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Cologne, English translation version. (hardcover, )
External links
{{Commons category, Slay symbol (hieroglyph), Smiting-blade symbol (hieroglyph), position=left
Egyptian hieroglyphs: unclassified