Newborn calf (hieroglyph)
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The Newborn calf (hieroglyph) is Gardiner's sign listed no. E9, in the series of mammals. The hieroglyph represents any newborn animal, and specifically the calf as the hieroglyph. In Egyptian hieroglyphs, the hieroglyph is used for the phonetic value of iu,[1] as well as a determinative. Budge's vocabulary dictionary for the Book of the Dead has about thirty entries[2] that start with newborn calf, "iu". They relate to conceiving, crying-out (as young creatures do), and other related items. When used with the "bone-with-meat" hieroglyph
, the reference is to heir.
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Palermo Stone
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The following is the list of predynastic pharaohs (Nile Delta north) represented on the Palermo Piece of the 7–piece Palermo Stone: The sequence is in the proper order with the beginning Pharaoh on the right: (reading right-to-left, seven complete names pictured in year-registers):
- Hsekiu.
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- Belly - Fish - Quail- Newborn - Ka
Note: On the Palermo Stone all the hieroglyphs face in the other direction (Gardiner signs are only facing left, on the stone they face right (reading right-to-left)). The source of the following Pharaohs is only from this King List; a few have artifacts that further confirm their reign (the
Tiu (pharaoh)
, Thesh, Neheb, Wazner, Mekh.
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Newborn calf (hieroglyph).
- Gardiner's Sign List#E. Mammals
- List of Egyptian hieroglyphs
References
- Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, p. 126.
- ^ Budge, 1991. A Hieroglyphic Dictionary to the Book of the Dead, pp. 17-21.
- Betrò, 1995. ISBN 0-7892-0232-8)
- Budge, 1991. A Hieroglyphic Dictionary to the ISBN 0-486-26724-5)