Adze-on-block (hieroglyph)
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The ancient Egyptian
Adze on a Wood Block, or Axe in a Block of Wood hieroglyph, Gardiner
sign listed no. U20, is a portrayal of the adze (Ancient Egypt). It is used mostly in the cartouche
s of pharaonic names especially, or other important names.
The adze on block has the Egyptian language
value of stp and is the verb "choose". It is used as a determinative
in 'stp', "cut into pieces", and as an ideogram
for 'stp', "choose", "choice".
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
Adze on a Wood Block, or Axe in a Block of Wood hieroglyph, Gardiner
Gardiner's Sign List
Gardiner's Sign List is a list of common Egyptian hieroglyphs compiled by Sir Alan Gardiner. It is considered a standard reference in the study of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs....
sign listed no. U20, is a portrayal of the adze (Ancient Egypt). It is used mostly in the cartouche
Cartouche
In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a cartouche is an ellipse with a horizontal line at one end, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name, coming into use during the beginning of the Fourth Dynasty under Pharaoh Sneferu, replacing the earlier serekh...
s of pharaonic names especially, or other important names.
The adze on block has the Egyptian language
Egyptian language
Egyptian is the oldest known indigenous language of Egypt and a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. Written records of the Egyptian language have been dated from about 3400 BC, making it one of the oldest recorded languages known. Egyptian was spoken until the late 17th century AD in the...
value of stp and is the verb "choose". It is used as a determinative
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 may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...
in 'stp', "cut into pieces", and as an ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...
for 'stp', "choose", "choice".