Hare (hieroglyph)
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The ancient Egyptian
Hare hieroglyph, Gardiner
sign listed no. E34 is a portrayal of the desert hare of Egypt
, within the Gardiner signs for mammals. The ancients used the name of sekhat for the hare.
The biliteral expresses the sound "oon", or "oonen", ; it is also an ideogram
for the verb "to be", or "to exist", (i.e. "is", "are", "was", etc.).
The famous Pharaoh Unas
, (for his Pyramid texts
), is named using the hare hieroglyph.
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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...
Hare 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. E34 is a portrayal of the desert hare of Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
, within the Gardiner signs for mammals. The ancients used the name of sekhat for the hare.
The biliteral expresses the sound "oon", or "oonen", ; it is also 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 the verb "to be", or "to exist", (i.e. "is", "are", "was", etc.).
The famous Pharaoh Unas
Unas
Unas was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, and the last ruler of the Fifth dynasty from the Old Kingdom. His reign has been dated as falling between 2375 BC and 2345 BC...
, (for his Pyramid texts
Pyramid Texts
The Pyramid Texts are a collection of ancient Egyptian religious texts from the time of the Old Kingdom. The pyramid texts are possibly the oldest known religious texts in the world. Written in Old Egyptian, the pyramid texts were carved on the walls and sarcophagi of the pyramids at Saqqara during...
), is named using the hare hieroglyph.
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