Water-jugs-in-stand (hieroglyph)

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Water jugs in stand in hieroglyphs

Relief with 3- and 4-jug hieroglyphs.

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).

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", 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).

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  Relief from the limestone sarcophagus of Ashayet, 11th Dynasty
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  Giza
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  Relief
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  Painted Relief

See also

• Gardiner's Sign List#W. Vessels of Stone and Earthenware
• Smiting-blade symbol (hieroglyph)

References

• Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, Maria Carmela Betrò, c. 1995, 1996-(English), Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, London, Paris (hardcover, ISBN 0-7892-0232-8)
• Budge. An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, E. A. Wallis Budge, (Dover Publications), c 1978, (c 1920), Dover edition, 1978. (In two volumes) (softcover, ISBN 0-486-23615-3)