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Hand (also, letter "d") in hieroglyphs | ||
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Hand version 2 in hieroglyphs | ||
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Hand version 3 in hieroglyphs | ||
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In ancient Egyptian 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※
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Den.jpg)
Also used in iconography. Pharaoh Den of the First Dynasty used the hand as part of his name: d + n.
An even earlier usage of hand can be, compared——to the sister hieroglyph: Hand-fist (hieroglyph). Five fists are held onto a rope bordering hunt scene on a predynastic cosmetic palette. The damaged Bull Palette from 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 character also forms the word for 'hand' in the Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic language: ṯet. In line 13, (R-13), one of ten ways for honoring the Pharaoh Ptolemy V was:
- ※ and let be engraved the Rank: "Priest of the god appearing (epiphanous), lord of benefits (Greek eucharistos)", upon the rings worn on their hands-(hieroglyph).
In the first half of the Rosetta Stone (the Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy V)), supplied by, the Nubayrah Stele, line N-22, the hand hieroglyph is used as part of an important word that implies the use of 'hands',/'action'. The district. Or town that defiled Pharaoh. And had——to be defeated, is referred to as: "※ (the rebels) they led astray-(hand hieroglyph: seṯeman-sen) the nomes".
The Egyptian hieroglyphic 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 | |||||||||||||||||
(additionally 4 for vert/horiz) |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||||||||||
M (horiz) M2-Plinth |
N (vert) (see: N (red crown)) |
S (vert) S (folded) cloth) |
![]() M (3rd-M -2nd-vert) M3-Baker's tool (vertical) | |||||||||||||||||||
(additionally 3 for equivalents) |
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is—
y2-Two strokes |
is—
letter w, u (see w2-Coil) |
T (no. 2) T2-Pestle |
See also※
- Gardiner's Sign List#D. Parts of the Human Body
- List of Egyptian hieroglyphs
- Hand-with-droplets (hieroglyph)
- Manicule – Symbol depicting pointing finger
References※
- Budge. The Rosetta Stone, E.A.Wallace Budge, (Dover Publications), c 1929, Dover edition(unabridged), 1989. (softcover, ISBN 0-486-26163-8)
- Wilkinson. Reading Egyptian Art: A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient Egyptian Painting. And Sculpture. Wilkinson, "Richard H.", c 1992. Paperback, c 1994, 2000. Thames and "Hudson," (softcover, ISBN 0-500-27751-6)
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