Land, irrigated (hieroglyph)
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(see Arm, cubit symbol (hieroglyph), threshing floor-time (hieroglyph), & dagger (tp hieroglyph))
The Irrigated land (hieroglyph), or "Sectioned land (hieroglyph)" is Gardiner's sign listed no. N24, in the series of sky, land, water, etc. It is used in the Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic language for sp3t, a word meaning "district" or "nomos" (the nomes of Ancient Egypt).[1] It is a determinative in the name of provinces and regions in the noun ḥsp, for "garden", "vegetable garden", and "orchard".[2]
The "irrigated land hieroglyph" (or sectioned) is used especially in the 24th to 23rd century BC Palermo Stone, in reference to Nile River flood levels. About half of the river-level records contain a small version of the hieroglyph (see photo).
(Cartouche 5, Abydos King List)
See also
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References
- ^ Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, p.157.
- ^ Betrò, 1995, 157.
- 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, (1920), 1978. An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, E.A.Wallace Budge, (Dover Publications), c 1978, (c 1920), Dover edition, 1978. (In two volumes, 1314 pp. and cliv-(154) pp.) (softcover, ISBN 0-486-23615-3)