Spine with fluid (hieroglyph)
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Spine issuing fluid(?) in hieroglyphs |
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The Ancient Egyptian hieroglyph of a Spine issuing fluid is Gardiner sign listed no. F40 for the animal spine, fluid falling from each end. Another hieroglyph, Gardiner F39 shows only half of the spine,
-(referring to 'dignity', or 'to be revered').[1]
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The Spine with Fluid hieroglyph is used in Egyptian hieroglyphs as a biliteral with the language value of Aw-(Au) and consists of the Egyptian vowel uniliterals of a, the vulture, Gardiner G1-(birds),
, and w, the quail chick, Gardiner G43,
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The use of the spine with fluid hieroglyph is for words showing "length", as opposed to 'breadth', (Egyptian usekh-(breadth, width)-for example, the Usekh collar). Some example words for 'length' are: to be long, length, to extend, extended; and for to expand, to dilate, words like: joy, gladness, pleasure, delight.[2]
Preceded by
vulture: a - (unil.) Vulture (hieroglyph) (start of alphabet) |
spine with fluid 3w-(3u) |
Succeeded by
chisel 3b - (phonogram) |
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Spine and nerve (aw hieroglyph). |
References
- 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. An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, E.A.Wallace Budge, (Dover Publications), c 1978, (c 1920), Dover edition, 1978. (In two volumes) (softcover, ISBN 0-486-23615-3)
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