Hand (hieroglyph)
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| Hand (also, letter "d") in hieroglyphs | ||
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In
hieroglyphs, the hand symbol represented the phoneme /d/, and was also used as a determinative
for actions performed as if with the hands.
Iconographic usage
Den's serekh
.Also used in
1st Dynasty
used the hand as part of his name: "d + n".
An even earlier usage of hand can be compared to the sister hieroglyph:
Hierakonpolis is notable since each hand forms the base of a wooden vertical standard, with god-like
animals, one standing on top of each!
Rosetta Stone usage as word: "hand"
The Hand as hieroglyphic also forms the word for 'hand' in the Ancient Egyptian
Ptolemy V
was to:
- ...."and let be engraved the Rank: "Priest of the god appearing-(epiphanous), lord of benefits -(eucharistos-Greek)", upon the rings worn on their hands-(hieroglyph)."[1]
In the 1st half of the Rosetta Stone, (the
Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy V)), supplied by the Nubayrah Stele, line N-22, there is use of the Hand-hieroglyph as part of an important word that implies the use of 'hands', or 'action'. In speaking of the district, or town that defiled Pharaoh, and had to be defeated, the town is referred to as: ...(the rebels) "they led astray-(Hand hieroglyph: seţeman-sen) the nomes."[2]
The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters
The following two tables show the
Egyptian uniliteral signs
. (24 letters, but multiple use hieroglyphs)
a
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i
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y
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'
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( w ,u)
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B
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P
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F
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M
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N
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R
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H1
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H2
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Kh1
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Kh2
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S
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(Sh)=Š
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Q/K2
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K
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G
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T
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Ch— Tj
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D
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Dj
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L/(R) (special) (Ptolemaic, etc.)
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-- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| a | i (ee) |
y ii |
' ah, (aïn) |
w, (u) (oo) |
B | |||||||||||||||||
| P | F | M | N | R | H1 | |||||||||||||||||
| H2 | (Kh)1 | (Kh)2 | S | Sh (Sh) |
K emphatic | |||||||||||||||||
| K | G | T | Tj Ch Tsh |
D | Dj | |||||||||||||||||
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-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||||||||||
M (horiz) M2-Plinth |
N (vert) (see: N (red crown) )
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S (vert) cloth)
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M3-Baker's tool (vertical) | |||||||||||||||||||
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-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||||||||||
is—
y2-Two strokes |
is—
letter w, u (see w2-Coil )
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T (no. 2) T2-Pestle |
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hand (d hieroglyph).
- Gardiner's Sign List#D. Parts of the Human Body
- List of Egyptian hieroglyphs
- Hand-with-droplets (hieroglyph)
- Manicule – Symbol depicting a pointing finger
References
- Budge. The Rosetta Stone, ISBN 0-486-26163-8)
- Wilkinson. Reading Egyptian Art: A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient Egyptian Painting and Sculpture. ISBN 0-500-27751-6)
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