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...

 ship's mast hieroglyph is one of the oldest 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...

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

 of the First dynasty

First dynasty of Egypt

The first dynasty of Ancient Egypt is often combined with the Dynasty II under the group title, Early Dynastic Period of Egypt...

, but forms part of the location hieroglyph: Emblem of the East

Emblem of the East (hieroglyph)

The ancient Egyptian Emblem of the East, Gardiner sign listed no. R15, is a portrayal of a standard, surmounted by the "Symbol of the East"; the hieroglyph is a member of the Gardiner signs for temple furniture and emblems....

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Language usage of ship's mast

The hieroglyphic language equivalent of the mast is 'kh'-('ḥ'), and means "to stand erect", or "to stand vertical"; its use is extensive throughout the language history, and hieroglyphic tomb relief

Relief

Relief is a sculptural technique. The term relief is from the Latin verb levo, to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is thus to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane...

s and story-telling of Ancient Egypt. It is possibly a forerunner hieroglyph to khā-(now spelled: kh3), the sun rising upon the horizon.

Rosetta Stone usage

In the 198 BC

198 BC

Year 198 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Catus and Flamininus...

 Rosetta Stone

Rosetta 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 ship's mast hieroglyph has the unique usage in the final line of the Ptolemy V decree: the mast is used twice-(adjective, verb):

engrave the decree..: "...upon a vertical-(mast) stone stele

Stele

A stele , also stela , is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected for funerals or commemorative purposes, most usually decorated with the names and titles of the deceased or living — inscribed, carved in relief , or painted onto the slab...

"..in the 3-language scripts, .."Shall be made to stand it in the sanctuaries in temples all

Basket (hieroglyph)

-List of epithet uses:-Pharaonic uses:The pharaoh is often shown in reliefs or in cartouche-related statements as Lord of the Two Lands. The basket hieroglyph is used as 'lord', or 'king'. Queens, or goddesses use the 'lordess' form, the feminine implied from the "t" hieroglyph but not needed for...

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See also

• Gardiner's Sign List#P. Ships and Parts of Ships
• Gardiner's Sign List#U. Agriculture, Crafts, and Professions
• Sun rising-Coronation (hieroglyph)
  Sun rising-Coronation (hieroglyph)
  The ancient Egyptian "Rising sun" hieroglyph is one of the oldest language hieroglyphs from Ancient Egypt. It was used by Pharaoh Khasekhemwy- of the 2nd dynasty in composing his name...
  
  
• List of Egyptian hieroglyphs by common name: M-Z