Hare (hieroglyph)

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E34
Hare
in hieroglyphs
Hare hieroglyph in text (reading left-to-right)
Lepus capensis sinaiticus

The

Gardiner sign listed no. E34 (𓃹) is a portrayal of the desert hare or Cape hare, Lepus capensis of Egypt, within the Gardiner signs for mammals. The ancients used the name of sekhat for the hare.[1]

It is an
horizontal n
.
E34
N35
N35
or
E34
N35

The biliteral expresses the sound "oon", or "oonen",;[3] it is also an ideogram for the verb "to be", or "to exist",[4] (i.e. "is", "are", "was", etc.).

The famous Pharaoh

Wenamun
, a (possibly fictional) priest who appears in a famous history of c. 1000 BCE.

Preceded by
N8

sun-with-rays - "uben"-phon.-etc.
(complex, many word uses)
E34

hare -- un 		Succeeded by
R14

unem
(right = "west")
Emblem of the West (hieroglyph)
Succeeded by
G36
,
F25

swallow-(bil.)--animal leg-(tril.)
---- ur ---- ---- uhm ----
  • Relief
    Relief
  • Detail of Hare and water-ripple quadrat (hieroglyph block) (also shows Stool-or-mat (hieroglyph) and Throne (hieroglyph))
    Detail of Hare and water-ripple
    Stool-or-mat (hieroglyph) and Throne (hieroglyph)
    )
  • Vertical text, hare hieroglyph at beginning
    Vertical text, hare hieroglyph at beginning
  • Partially missing lunette of a stela; Finely executed in shallow, incised-bas relief
    Partially missing
    bas relief

See also

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References

  1. ^ Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998. Illustrated Hieroglyphics Handbook, biliteral: B80, p. 232-233.
  2. ^ Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998. Biliteral: B80, p. 232-233.
  3. ^ Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998, p. 232-233, p. 232.
  4. ^ Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998, p. 232-233, p. 232.


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