Two whips with shen ring (hieroglyph)
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The ancient Egyptian
Two Whips with Shen ring
hieroglyph, Gardiner
sign listed no. S23 is a portrayal of the Shen ring
with two Egyptian flails-(Crook and flail); it is a member of the Gardiner subset for "crowns, dress, staves, etc".
In the Egyptian language
, the hieroglyph is used as an ideogram
or determinative
for words meaning to unite. In the language it is used for dm(dj)-(dmḏ).
A second form of the hieroglyph uses only one whip and shen ring, and implies 'opposite', the opposite of "to unite".
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...
Two Whips with Shen ring
Shen ring
A shen ring is a circle with a line at a tangent to it, which was represented in hieroglyphs as a stylised loop of a rope. The word shen itself means, in ancient Egyptian, encircle, while the shen ring represented eternal protection...
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. S23 is a portrayal of the Shen ring
Shen ring
A shen ring is a circle with a line at a tangent to it, which was represented in hieroglyphs as a stylised loop of a rope. The word shen itself means, in ancient Egyptian, encircle, while the shen ring represented eternal protection...
with two Egyptian flails-(Crook and flail); it is a member of the Gardiner subset for "crowns, dress, staves, etc".
In 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...
, the hieroglyph is used 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...
or 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 words meaning to unite. In the language it is used for dm(dj)-(dmḏ).
A second form of the hieroglyph uses only one whip and shen ring, and implies 'opposite', the opposite of "to unite".
Rosetta Stone usage
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cncerned him he diminished (kheb-nef);..."
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, he conquered [it}.-(kheb-nef)..."
- 3–(kheb-f)"..granted the gods that he should conquer-(kheb-f). Were brought some of them into White Wall (MemphisMemphis, 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...
) at the festival of the receiving beholdBasket-with-handle (hieroglyph)The Ancient Egyptian Basket with Handle hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. V31 for a 'basket, iconographically portrayed as wicker, with handle'...
of the kingdom from his father, slaying byPlinth (hieroglyph)The Ancient Egyptian Plinth- hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. Aa15 for the shape of a plinth, side view.-Plinth use as mortuary: "Justified":...
placing [them] upon stake[s]Branch (hieroglyph)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 t, -; it is an ideogram-, for wood, tree, and the linear measure...
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See also
- Gardiner's Sign List#S. Crowns, Dress, Staves, etc.
- Shen ringShen ringA shen ring is a circle with a line at a tangent to it, which was represented in hieroglyphs as a stylised loop of a rope. The word shen itself means, in ancient Egyptian, encircle, while the shen ring represented eternal protection...