Stair-single (hieroglyph)
{{Short description|Egyptian hieroglyph}}
{{Hiero|Stair-(Single)|
Image:Aamerout worshiping Sebek-Re E20907.jpg with offerings to Sobek, showing Stair-Double; (See in Budge, Rdu, the Stairs of Sobek).Budge, 1978, (1920). An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, p.436B. (The offering relief is by Scribe Aa-mer-R-u(coil)-t, (Aa-mer-r-u-t); a meteor (hieroglyph) unlisted replaces the incense-pot.)]]
The ancient Egyptian Single-Stair hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. O40 is a single staircase in the Gardiner subset for "buildings, parts of buildings, etc." A second full double-staircase is no. O41,Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, Double stair, p. 186. O41
In the Egyptian language, the single stair hieroglyph is used as a determinative.
{{s-start}}
{{s-bef | before=
leg
rd}}
{{s-ttl | title=
stair
(determinative)
rd="stairs"
"staircase"}}
{{s-aft | after=
bread-cone
(di)
rdi}}
{{end}}
See also
References
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- Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, Betrò, Maria Carmela, c. 1995, 1996-(English), Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, London, Paris (hardcover, {{ISBN|0-7892-0232-8}})
- Budge, 1978, (1920). An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, E.A.Wallace Budge, (Dover Publications), c 1978, (c 1920), Dover edition, c 1978; cliv-(154) and 1314 pp. (In two volumes) (softcover, {{ISBN|0-486-23615-3}})
Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: buildings and parts-of-buildings-etc