t (hieroglyph)
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(or "feminine")
Bread bun
"semicircle"|
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The ancient Egyptian Bread bun hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. X1 for the side view of a bread bun. It is also the simple shape of a semicircle. The hieroglyph is listed under the Gardiner category of loaves and cakes.
"Bread bun/semi-circle" as feminine [[Determinative|determiner]]
Besides alphabetic-t, the bread bun is used for words that are feminine, as an end qualifying determinative, often shown before other qualifying ideograms or determinants in the hieroglyphic word block-(quadrat hieroglyphic block). It is one of the most frequently used signs in hieroglyphic writing.
Palermo Stone
The t hieroglyph is used extensively throughout the Palermo Stone of the 24th to 23rd century BC, and it is used in the first row (Row I of VI), for the naming of King Tiu of Lower Egypt (a King of the North).
=Palermo Stone, King Series, Row I (predynastic)=
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):
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- Owl...Papyrus...Ripple......Tether...Bread&Feather.Bivalve...Cloth
- Belly.....Fish......Plow........Lake.............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 Double Falcon King). The pharaohs deficient in information are: Hsekiu, Khayu, Tiu (pharaoh), Thesh, Neheb, Wazner, Mekh.
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File:Narmer-Tjet2.JPG|Narmer Palette detail, from late 3rd millennium Ancient Egypt
File:PelermoStoneFragment-PetrieMuseum.png|Nile River flood levels recorded on 1-piece of the 7—piece Palermo Stone. Note the 2-uses of t.
File:Pietra di Palermo (geroglifici) 1.jpg|Palermo piece (at Palermo Museum), of the 7—piece Palermo Stone
The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters
The following two tables show the Egyptian uniliteral signs. (24 letters, but multiple use hieroglyphs)
| class="wikitable" |
| a |y |' |(w,u) |B |
| P |M |N |R |H1 |
| H2 |Kh2 |S |(Sh)=Š |Q/K2 |
| K |T |Ch—Tj |D |Dj |
| L/(R) (special) (Ptolemaic, etc.) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| class="wikitable" |
| a
|i |y | ' |w, (u) |B |
| P
|F |M |N |R |H1 |
| H2
|(Kh)1 |(Kh)2 |S |Sh |K |
| K
|G |T |Tj |D |Dj |
| (additionally 4 for vert/horiz) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
M (horiz) M2-Plinth | | | | |File:Egyptian-M.png |
| (additionally 3 for equivalents) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
is— y2-Two strokes | | | | | |
See also
References
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Bibliography
- Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998. Illustrated Hieroglyphics Handbook, Ruth Schumann-Antelme, and Stéphane Rossini. c 1998, English trans. 2002, Sterling Publishing Co. (Index, Summary lists (tables), selected uniliterals, biliterals, and triliterals.) (softcover, {{ISBN|1-4027-0025-3}})
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