The ancient Egyptian Mast hieroglyph is one of the oldest

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hieroglyphs from Ancient Egypt. It is used on a famous label of Pharaoh

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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 West ...

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 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,

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no. S29, S29, at the beginning of the word "to erect". (see here, high res

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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 A tomb ( grc-gre, τύμβος ''tumbos'') is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes. Placing a corpse into a tomb can be called ''immureme ...

s and story-telling of Ancient Egypt. It is possibly a forerunner hieroglyph ''kh3'' , the sun rising upon the horizon. In the 198 BC

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, 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 wh ...

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

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..." Image:IvoryLabelOfDen-BritishMuseum-August19-08.jpg, Ship's Mast on label of Pharaoh

, 1st Dynasty Image:ParapetFragment-NefertitiPresentsMaatToAten BrooklynMuseum.png, From right, hieroglyphs: sedge of the South, Papyrus clump with leaves of North-

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, 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 fe ...

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of Ancient Egypt: Palermo stone fragment Image:Nectanebo II obelisk.jpg,

obelisk, stating that he 'erected' the obelisk, (using the Mast-hieroglyph)

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

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