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Water-jugs-in-stand (Hieroglyph) Information

The ancient Egyptian Water-jugs-in-stand hieroglyph, is Gardiner sign listed no. W17, W18, within the Gardiner signs for vessels of stone and earthenware.

The hieroglyph is used as an ideogram in (kh)nt-(ḫnt), for 'a stand (for vases)'. It is also used phonetically for (ḫnt).[1]

Egyptian "khenti"

The water-jugs-in-stand hieroglyph is often written with the complement of three other hieroglyphs, the water ripple,
, bread bun,
, and two strokes,
, to make the Egyptian language word foremost, khenti. The complete composition block is:

As Egyptian "khenti",[2] foremost is used extensively to refer to gods, often in charge of a region, or position, as foremost of xxxx. Anubis, or Osiris are often referred to as "Foremost", or "Chief" of the 'western cemetery', (where the sun sets).

See also

References

  1. ^ Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, Water jugs in a stand, p. 216.
  2. ^ Budge, 1978, (1920). An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, 'khenti' , and other " 'Khenti'-Title-constructs", pp. 309-311.
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