Adze-on-block (hieroglyph)

Adze-on-Block
in hieroglyphs

The

Gardiner sign listed no. U20, is a portrayal of the adze. It is used mostly in the cartouches

of pharaonic names especially, or other important names.

The adze on block[2] has the Egyptian language value of stp^[3] and is the verb "choose". It is used as a determinative^[4] in 'stp', "cut into pieces", and as an ideogram^[5] for 'stp', "choose", "choice".

The adze tool sign, Gardiner nos. U18 and U19,

,

, portray just the adze, (or hand-axe).

Cartouche usage: "chosen of"

The most common usage of this hieroglyph is for a descriptor with the names in the pharaonic cartouche. An example for Ramesses II, shows his prenomen as:

UserMaatRe SetepeNRe, and is approximately: Maat's Power of Ra, (the) Chosen of Ra. (i.e. Maat's Powerful and Chosen (one) of Ra)

References

^ Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, Axe in a Block of Wood: p. 229.
^ Collier and Manley, 1998, How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs, p. 142.
^ Collier and Manley, 1998, p. 142.
^ Betrò, 1995, p. 229.
^ Betrò, 1995, p. 229.

Betrò, 1995. ISBN 0-7892-0232-8
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Collier and Manley, 1998. ISBN 0-520-21597-4
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[1] Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, Axe in a Block of Wood: p. 229.

[2] Collier and Manley, 1998, How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs, p. 142.

[3] Collier and Manley, 1998, p. 142.

[4] Betrò, 1995, p. 229.

[5] Betrò, 1995, p. 229.

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Cartouche usage: "chosen of"

See also

References