Branch (hieroglyph)
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The ancient Egyptian
Branch hieroglyph, also called a Stick, is a member of the trees and plants hieroglyphs.
The branch is an Egyptian language
biliteral
with the value (kh)t, (khet)-(ḫt); it is an ideogram
-(determinative
), for wood, tree, and the linear measure (=100 cubits). The hieroglyph is described as a branch without leaves.
used the branch hieroglyph for his Nomen name of Nakhthoreb, "Strong is His Lord, Beloved of Hathor
".
Pharaoh Nectanebo I
's nomen was Nekhtnebef, "Strong is His Lord."
showing usage of the branch hieroglyph, one by Pharaoh Den
, one by Semerkhet
. The usage on the labels shows the branch hieroglyph in a more archaic form.
the branch hieroglyh is used six times, lines R1 combined with N23-(the Nubayrah Stele
), R5, R6, R9, R13 and R14.
The Rosetta Stone usage of the hieroglyph is somewhat distinctive:
The ancient Egyptian
Branch hieroglyph, also called a Stick, is a member of the trees and plants hieroglyphs.
The branch is an Egyptian language
biliteral
with the value (kh)t, (khet)-(ḫt); it is an ideogram
-(determinative
), for wood, tree, and the linear measure (=100 cubits). The hieroglyph is described as a branch without leaves.
used the branch hieroglyph for his Nomen name of Nakhthoreb, "Strong is His Lord, Beloved of Hathor
".
Pharaoh Nectanebo I
's nomen was Nekhtnebef, "Strong is His Lord."
showing usage of the branch hieroglyph, one by Pharaoh Den
, one by Semerkhet
. The usage on the labels shows the branch hieroglyph in a more archaic form.
the branch hieroglyh is used six times, lines R1 combined with N23-(the Nubayrah Stele
), R5, R6, R9, R13 and R14.
The Rosetta Stone usage of the hieroglyph is somewhat distinctive:
The ancient Egyptian
Branch hieroglyph, also called a Stick, is a member of the trees and plants hieroglyphs.
The branch is an Egyptian language
biliteral
with the value (kh)t, (khet)-(ḫt); it is an ideogram
-(determinative
), for wood, tree, and the linear measure (=100 cubits). The hieroglyph is described as a branch without leaves.
used the branch hieroglyph for his Nomen name of Nakhthoreb, "Strong is His Lord, Beloved of Hathor
".
Pharaoh Nectanebo I
's nomen was Nekhtnebef, "Strong is His Lord."
showing usage of the branch hieroglyph, one by Pharaoh Den
, one by Semerkhet
. The usage on the labels shows the branch hieroglyph in a more archaic form.
the branch hieroglyh is used six times, lines R1 combined with N23-(the Nubayrah Stele
), R5, R6, R9, R13 and R14.
The Rosetta Stone usage of the hieroglyph is somewhat distinctive:
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...
Branch hieroglyph, also called a Stick, is a member of the trees and plants hieroglyphs.
The branch is an 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...
biliteral
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...
with the value (kh)t, (khet)-(ḫt); it is 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...
-(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...
), for wood, tree, and the linear measure (=100 cubits). The hieroglyph is described as a branch without leaves.
Pharaonic usage
Pharaoh Nectanebo IINectanebo II
Nectanebo II was the third and last pharaoh of the Thirtieth dynasty, as well as the last native ruler of Ancient Egypt. Under Nectanebo II Egypt prospered...
used the branch hieroglyph for his Nomen name of Nakhthoreb, "Strong is His Lord, Beloved of Hathor
Hathor
Hathor , is an Ancient Egyptian goddess who personified the principles of love, beauty, music, motherhood and joy. She was one of the most important and popular deities throughout the history of Ancient Egypt...
".
Pharaoh Nectanebo I
Nectanebo I
Nectanabo was a pharaoh of the Thirtieth dynasty of Egypt.In 380 BC, Nectanebo deposed and killed Nefaarud II, starting the last dynasty of Egyptian kings. He seems to have spent much of his reign defending his kingdom from Persian reconquest with the occasional help of troops from Athens or Sparta...
's nomen was Nekhtnebef, "Strong is His Lord."
Old Kingdom usage
Two labels are known from the Old KingdomOld Kingdom
Old Kingdom is the name given to the period in the 3rd millennium BC when Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization in complexity and achievement – the first of three so-called "Kingdom" periods, which mark the high points of civilization in the lower Nile Valley .The term itself was...
showing usage of the branch hieroglyph, one by Pharaoh Den
Den (Pharaoh)
Den, also known as Hor-Den, Dewen and Udimu, is the Horus name of an early Egyptian king who ruled during the 1st dynasty. He is the best archaeologically attested ruler of this period. Den is said to have brought prosperity to his realm and numerous innovations are attributed to his reign...
, one by Semerkhet
Semerkhet
Semerkhet is the Horus name of an early Egyptian king who ruled during the 1st dynasty. This ruler became known through a tragic legend handed down by ancient Greek historian Manetho, who reported that a calamity of some sort occurred during Semerkhet's reign...
. The usage on the labels shows the branch hieroglyph in a more archaic form.
Rosetta Stone usage of branch--"khet"
In the 198 BC Rosetta StoneRosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the middle portion Demotic script, and the lowest Ancient Greek...
the branch hieroglyh is used six times, lines R1 combined with N23-(the Nubayrah Stele
Nubayrah Stele
The Nubayrah Stele is a mutilated copy of the Decree of Memphis on a limestone stele; the same decree is found upon the Rosetta Stone...
), R5, R6, R9, R13 and R14.
The Rosetta Stone usage of the hieroglyph is somewhat distinctive:
The ancient Egyptian
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...
Branch hieroglyph, also called a Stick, is a member of the trees and plants hieroglyphs.
The branch is an 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...
biliteral
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...
with the value (kh)t, (khet)-(ḫt); it is 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...
-(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...
), for wood, tree, and the linear measure (=100 cubits). The hieroglyph is described as a branch without leaves.
As the value (kh)t, it is often complemented in a hieroglyphic block
with kh–("sieve
"),Aa1 and "t"–(bread bun
).X1
Quadrat (hieroglyph block)
A quadrat block is a virtual rectangle or square in Egyptian hieroglyphic text.The glyphs can be variable in number within the virtual block, though they are often proportioned according to variable standardized rules of scribal methods.The definition for the block in Illustrated Hieroglyphics...
with kh–("sieve
Sieve (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Sieve hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. Aa1 for the shape of a circular sieve; it is also seen as a 'placenta'.-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters:The following two tables show the Egyptian uniliteral signs...
"),
Bread bun (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Bread bun hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. X1 for the side view of a bread bun. It is also the simple shape of a semicircle....
).
Pharaonic usage
Pharaoh Nectanebo IINectanebo II
Nectanebo II was the third and last pharaoh of the Thirtieth dynasty, as well as the last native ruler of Ancient Egypt. Under Nectanebo II Egypt prospered...
used the branch hieroglyph for his Nomen name of Nakhthoreb, "Strong is His Lord, Beloved of Hathor
Hathor
Hathor , is an Ancient Egyptian goddess who personified the principles of love, beauty, music, motherhood and joy. She was one of the most important and popular deities throughout the history of Ancient Egypt...
".
Pharaoh Nectanebo I
Nectanebo I
Nectanabo was a pharaoh of the Thirtieth dynasty of Egypt.In 380 BC, Nectanebo deposed and killed Nefaarud II, starting the last dynasty of Egyptian kings. He seems to have spent much of his reign defending his kingdom from Persian reconquest with the occasional help of troops from Athens or Sparta...
's nomen was Nekhtnebef, "Strong is His Lord."
Old Kingdom usage
Two labels are known from the Old KingdomOld Kingdom
Old Kingdom is the name given to the period in the 3rd millennium BC when Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization in complexity and achievement – the first of three so-called "Kingdom" periods, which mark the high points of civilization in the lower Nile Valley .The term itself was...
showing usage of the branch hieroglyph, one by Pharaoh Den
Den (Pharaoh)
Den, also known as Hor-Den, Dewen and Udimu, is the Horus name of an early Egyptian king who ruled during the 1st dynasty. He is the best archaeologically attested ruler of this period. Den is said to have brought prosperity to his realm and numerous innovations are attributed to his reign...
, one by Semerkhet
Semerkhet
Semerkhet is the Horus name of an early Egyptian king who ruled during the 1st dynasty. This ruler became known through a tragic legend handed down by ancient Greek historian Manetho, who reported that a calamity of some sort occurred during Semerkhet's reign...
. The usage on the labels shows the branch hieroglyph in a more archaic form.
Rosetta Stone usage of branch--"khet"
In the 198 BC Rosetta StoneRosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the middle portion Demotic script, and the lowest Ancient Greek...
the branch hieroglyh is used six times, lines R1 combined with N23-(the Nubayrah Stele
Nubayrah Stele
The Nubayrah Stele is a mutilated copy of the Decree of Memphis on a limestone stele; the same decree is found upon the Rosetta Stone...
), R5, R6, R9, R13 and R14.
The Rosetta Stone usage of the hieroglyph is somewhat distinctive:
The ancient Egyptian
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...
Branch hieroglyph, also called a Stick, is a member of the trees and plants hieroglyphs.
The branch is an 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...
biliteral
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...
with the value (kh)t, (khet)-(ḫt); it is 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...
-(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...
), for wood, tree, and the linear measure (=100 cubits). The hieroglyph is described as a branch without leaves.
As the value (kh)t, it is often complemented in a hieroglyphic block
with kh–("sieve
"),Aa1 and "t"–(bread bun
).X1
Quadrat (hieroglyph block)
A quadrat block is a virtual rectangle or square in Egyptian hieroglyphic text.The glyphs can be variable in number within the virtual block, though they are often proportioned according to variable standardized rules of scribal methods.The definition for the block in Illustrated Hieroglyphics...
with kh–("sieve
Sieve (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Sieve hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. Aa1 for the shape of a circular sieve; it is also seen as a 'placenta'.-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters:The following two tables show the Egyptian uniliteral signs...
"),
Bread bun (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Bread bun hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. X1 for the side view of a bread bun. It is also the simple shape of a semicircle....
).
Pharaonic usage
Pharaoh Nectanebo IINectanebo II
Nectanebo II was the third and last pharaoh of the Thirtieth dynasty, as well as the last native ruler of Ancient Egypt. Under Nectanebo II Egypt prospered...
used the branch hieroglyph for his Nomen name of Nakhthoreb, "Strong is His Lord, Beloved of Hathor
Hathor
Hathor , is an Ancient Egyptian goddess who personified the principles of love, beauty, music, motherhood and joy. She was one of the most important and popular deities throughout the history of Ancient Egypt...
".
Pharaoh Nectanebo I
Nectanebo I
Nectanabo was a pharaoh of the Thirtieth dynasty of Egypt.In 380 BC, Nectanebo deposed and killed Nefaarud II, starting the last dynasty of Egyptian kings. He seems to have spent much of his reign defending his kingdom from Persian reconquest with the occasional help of troops from Athens or Sparta...
's nomen was Nekhtnebef, "Strong is His Lord."
Old Kingdom usage
Two labels are known from the Old KingdomOld Kingdom
Old Kingdom is the name given to the period in the 3rd millennium BC when Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization in complexity and achievement – the first of three so-called "Kingdom" periods, which mark the high points of civilization in the lower Nile Valley .The term itself was...
showing usage of the branch hieroglyph, one by Pharaoh Den
Den (Pharaoh)
Den, also known as Hor-Den, Dewen and Udimu, is the Horus name of an early Egyptian king who ruled during the 1st dynasty. He is the best archaeologically attested ruler of this period. Den is said to have brought prosperity to his realm and numerous innovations are attributed to his reign...
, one by Semerkhet
Semerkhet
Semerkhet is the Horus name of an early Egyptian king who ruled during the 1st dynasty. This ruler became known through a tragic legend handed down by ancient Greek historian Manetho, who reported that a calamity of some sort occurred during Semerkhet's reign...
. The usage on the labels shows the branch hieroglyph in a more archaic form.
Rosetta Stone usage of branch--"khet"
In the 198 BC Rosetta StoneRosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the middle portion Demotic script, and the lowest Ancient Greek...
the branch hieroglyh is used six times, lines R1 combined with N23-(the Nubayrah Stele
Nubayrah Stele
The Nubayrah Stele is a mutilated copy of the Decree of Memphis on a limestone stele; the same decree is found upon the Rosetta Stone...
), R5, R6, R9, R13 and R14.
The Rosetta Stone usage of the hieroglyph is somewhat distinctive:
- line R1–
M3:X1*Z1 "kh-t",
".... Were brought some of them (rebels) into White Wall (Memphis, EgyptMemphis, EgyptMemphis was the ancient capital of Aneb-Hetch, the first nome of Lower Egypt. Its ruins are located near the town of Helwan, south of Cairo.According to legend related by Manetho, the city was founded by the pharaoh Menes around 3000 BC. Capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom, it remained an...
-"Aneb-Hetch-t"), at the festival of the receiving behold of the kingdom from his father, slaying by placing [them] upon stakes[s]."
- line R5–
N35:M3:Aa1*X1-Z9:D40 "nekh-t" for "might"-(Nike, as the goddess of Victory: Greek Nike)
".... As a reward forJoint of meat (hieroglyph)The ancient Egyptian Bone-with-meat hieroglyph is one of the Gardiner's sign list glyphs listed under Parts of Mammals. It is one of many – in the category, as concepts were also presented by the body parts; for example hindquarters, and forequarters, represented things behind something, and...
-(using "ancestry" hieroglyph), these things have given him (Ptolemy V) the gods and goddesses: victory, might, life, strength, health, (AUSAnkh wedja senebThe Ancient Egyptian phrase ankh, wedja, seneb meaning "life, prosperity, health" is an epithetic formula which often appears after the names of Egyptian kings or references to their household...
) and everything good to the fullest possible extentSpine with fluid (hieroglyph)The use of the spine with fluid hieroglyph is for words showing "length", as opposed to 'breadth', . Some example words for 'length' are: to be long, length, to extend, extended; and for to expand, to dilate, words like: joy, gladness, pleasure, delight.-See also:*Gardiner's Sign List#F...
of them;..."line R6–Same usage of might, but instead strong:
".... Ptolemy, the Avenger of Baq-t the interpretation whereof is Ptolemy, the strong one of Kam-t-(Egypt)..."line R9–Used in a prepositional phrase: "em-khet", literally vertical letter "M"Baker's tool (hieroglyph)The Ancient Egyptian Baker's tool hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. U31 for a 'bread-baking oven tool'.-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters:...
-(vertical form of Gardiner U31, unlisted-U31-(horiz-bakers-bread-cooking-tool) ) with the branch hieroglyph.lines R13/R14–M3:Aa1*X1-D40-Z7:X1-(ros-line13) -"khet-tu", (both lines reconstructed except "-tu" of R13). "To inscribe", upon the priest's rings, and on the Rosetta Stone, (i.e. the Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy V)), in the three scripts: Egyptian hieroglyphs, Egyptian DemoticDemotic (Egyptian)Demotic refers to either the ancient Egyptian script derived from northern forms of hieratic used in the Delta, or the stage of the Egyptian language following Late Egyptian and preceding Coptic. The term was first used by the Greek historian Herodotus to distinguish it from hieratic and...
, and the GreekGreek languageGreek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
language.
Variant forms
One common variant form of the branch hieroglyph is combined with the tree, M1,M1 , andM3 in a ligature, Gardiner Aa40,Aa40 , (there is also an Aa41 with the tree).
Ramses II at Abu Simbel
A wall relief inside the Great Temple of Abu Simbel shows Ramses II smiting Libyans. Young Ramses in a chariot is shown on the left, bow drawn, charging into Syrian ranks. On the right he is standing over one prone Libyan fighter, and is smiting another with a mace-club in his right hand, while holding the Libyan fighter with his extended left arm. The extensive military scenes are commemmorating his military victories, and the hieroglyphic text explains the specifics of the events.
Above the clasped Libyan fighter is one column of text, (out of a series of about 15 columns, variable in height), describing the "victory-buildings", the strongholds that the captives will be confined in. The text explains that Ramses and the Egyptian army went after three groups of rebels, and then confined them.
Above the Libyan captive's arm is a column of text, (see here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Egypt_Abou_Simbel6.jpg), and the column states: "...the 'strong-buildings', ...constructed by pharaoh,..." The last two hieroglyphs in the vertical text show a vertical wall hieroglyph and constructing-man-(mason), and the horizontal arm holding a "power scepter"Djsr (arm with powerstick)The ancient Egyptian horizontally-outstretched Arm with a Power stick is a hieroglyph with the meaning of "force", or "power of action". As a baton, or macehead...
, (showing an action of force by one's arm-(hands), i.e. the constructing of the wall, the "stronghold" building). The hieroglyphs are Gardiner A35-(with foot raised onto side of wall-(variation)),A35 , D40-(arm showing action of force: Egyptian language: "djser", for 'power').D40 Combinded they are:A35:D40 . The scene is also shown here-(expands into High-Res):
Block statue of Bakenkhonsu
Ramesses IIRamesses IIRamesses II , referred to as Ramesses the Great, was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire...
's 1st Order priest BakenkhonsuBakenkhonsuBakenkhonsu , or for the Ba , , was a High Priest of Amun in ancient Egypt during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II. Information about his life was found on the back of his statue...
, a High Priest of Amun-RaHigh Priests of AmunThe High Priest of Amun or First Prophet of Amun was the highest ranking priest in the priesthood of the Ancient Egyptian god Amun...
of the 13th century BC has a nearly undamaged block statueBlock statue (Egyptian)The block statue is a type of memorial statue that first emerged in the Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. The block statue grew in popularity in the New Kingdom and the Third Intermediate Period, and by the Late Period, this type of statue was the most common. These statues were used in temples...
. The statue presents four columns of hieroglyphs on its frontal face, and a horizontal inscription on the plinth. The vertical texts of hieroglyphs cover about fourteen vertical compositional blockQuadrat (hieroglyph block)A quadrat block is a virtual rectangle or square in Egyptian hieroglyphic text.The glyphs can be variable in number within the virtual block, though they are often proportioned according to variable standardized rules of scribal methods.The definition for the block in Illustrated Hieroglyphics...
s. (see here http://jemolo.com/alta/eg1029.jpg)
The first column addresses the gods: Amun-Ra, Tem-(AtumAtumAtum, sometimes rendered as Atem or Tem, is an important deity in Egyptian mythology.- Name :Atum's name is thought to be derived from the word 'tem' which means to complete or finish. Thus he has been interpreted as being the 'complete one' and also the finisher of the world, which he returns to...
), then HorusHorusHorus is one of the oldest and most significant deities in the Ancient Egyptian religion, who was worshipped from at least the late Predynastic period through to Greco-Roman times. Different forms of Horus are recorded in history and these are treated as distinct gods by Egyptologists...
, MutMutMut, which meant mother in the ancient Egyptian language, was an ancient Egyptian mother goddess with multiple aspects that changed over the thousands of years of the culture. Alternative spellings are Maut and Mout. She was considered a primal deity, associated with the waters from which...
and Khonsu. Column 2 uses the branch hieroglyph to state the title he assumes. The sentence starts as follows:
- "...Title permanent in Uas-tThebes, EgyptThebes is the Greek name for a city in Ancient Egypt located about 800 km south of the Mediterranean, on the east bank of the river Nile within the modern city of Luxor. The Theban Necropolis is situated nearby on the west bank of the Nile.-History:...
, DjedU, "Strength (of) Eternity" by Soul of RaRaRa is the ancient Egyptian sun god. By the Fifth Dynasty he had become a major deity in ancient Egyptian religion, identified primarily with the mid-day sun...
-forefront, EmeerEmirEmir , meaning "commander", "general", or "prince"; also transliterated as Amir, Aamir or Ameer) is a title of high office, used throughout the Muslim world...
-(governor), (of) God-Priests..."
r::N35-(title)-mn:N35:Y1-(permanent)
Aa15-(for)-R19-X1:O49-(cityThebes,Egypt)-R11-R11-Z7:Z4-Y1-(the cemetery-of-West-DjedU)
M3:Aa1*X1*D54-(title-StrengthEternal)-V28-N5-V28-(Eternal)
N35-(by)-D28-Z1-(soul)-N35-(of)-r:Z1:D36-(godra)-F4-(forefront)-F20-(superintedant)-R8-U36-U36-U36-(god-priests)
In ancient Egyptian mythology or ancient Egyptian religion, the location:R19-X1:O49-R11-R11-Z7:Z4-Y1 "Uas-tThebes, EgyptThebes is the Greek name for a city in Ancient Egypt located about 800 km south of the Mediterranean, on the east bank of the river Nile within the modern city of Luxor. The Theban Necropolis is situated nearby on the west bank of the Nile.-History:...
, DjedU," is part of the cemetery of: "The West", Djed-Djed-(in plural with w, (u, the coil hieroglyphCoil (hieroglyph)The coil hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs as an equivalent for the Quail chick , but is also used in other word constructions, probably for the balance of the hieroglyph composition block. The coil as well as the quail chick are used for the alphabetic vowel letter w,...
, or the quail chickQuail chick (hieroglyph)The Ancient Egyptian Quail chick hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. G43 for the quail chick.The quail chick hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic vowel letter w,...
)). Many of the gods are shown as the "overseer of The West", the cemetery for souls; often it is OsirisOsirisOsiris is an Egyptian god, usually identified as the god of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead. He is classically depicted as a green-skinned man with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive crown with two large ostrich feathers at either side, and...
, or AnubisAnubisAnubis is the Greek name for a jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife in ancient Egyptian religion. In the ancient Egyptian language, Anubis is known as Inpu . According to the Akkadian transcription in the Amarna letters, Anubis' name was vocalized as Anapa...
reclined on his elevated box. It should be understood, that when any individual soul dies, soul-YYYY, he/she is called "Osiris YYYY", namely His Soul in Death. He/she has now become part of Osiris, (with all the other dead souls).
See also
- Gardiner's Sign List#M. Trees and Plants
- Gardiner's Sign List#Aa. Unclassified
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