The
Egyptian hieroglyph representing a
honey bee
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L2). It is used as an ideogram for "bee" (''bjt''),
[BetrΓ², 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
The prenomen, also called cartouche name or throne name ( egy, π₯ nswt-bjtj "of the Sedge and Bee") of ancient Egypt, was one of the five royal names of pharaohs. The first pharaoh to have a Sedge and Bee name was Den during the First Dynasty ...
, rendered ''nswt-bjtj'' (interpreted as "He of the Sedge and the Bee").
See also
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Gardiner's Sign List#L. Invertebrates and lesser animals
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Egyptian biliteral signs
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Nswt-bjtj
The prenomen, also called cartouche name or throne name ( egy, π₯ nswt-bjtj "of the Sedge and Bee") of ancient Egypt, was one of the five royal names of pharaohs. The first pharaoh to have a Sedge and Bee name was Den during the First Dynasty ...
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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 sig ...
References
*BetrΓ², 1995. ''
Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt,'' BetrΓ², 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