cladking Wrote:
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> There are several.
>
> For example the glyphs F46 to F50 represent links
> of a chain with the latter being the connecting
> piece.
So 46-50 here: [
www.egyptianhieroglyphs.net]
But Cladking, they don't look a BIT like links of a chain! It's people sitting, holding things ... They've got heads, and eyes, and eveything!
What we call the "cartouche" is a sign
> that represents tying stones to a load.
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As first suggested by Barthélemy, a cartouche was the oval container reserved for certain royal names. Pictorially, it represented a tied rope forming an oval, but originally circular in shape. By the 3rd Dynasty, the king’s birth name was frequently written within this ring; [Betrò, 1996: 195. Raffaele, F., “Seth (Ash) PERIBSEN / Nswt-bity PERIBSEN,” Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt) this became more common during the reign of the 4th Dynasty King Seneferu. Because it was difficult to write the hieroglyphic characters of royal names inside a circle, the ring was quickly transformed into an ova (Betro 195)l [
www.amazon.com]: II, App. 1b
And here: [
en.wikipedia.org]
The
> w3s-sceptre
(In A 43a.)
> is a device to control the "djed" that
> made osiris stable in three dimensions.
No: it represents "power, dominion" [
en.wikipedia.org]
The ankh
> is a literal depiction of atum/ osiris
No: it represents "life" [
en.wikipedia.org].
And Osiris [
en.wikipedia.org] is a seated chap with a beard and an atef crown [
en.wikipedia.org]
I'm afraid we're beginning to lose our way here.
It might help if you could look at this [
www.sacred-texts.com], which is what Horapollo [
en.wikipedia.org] makes of a hieroglyph in the shape of vulture (p. 23):
This - [
archive.org] (p. 47/29) - discusses Horapollo's interpretation, and the problems associated with trying to explain a particular hieroglyph in allegorical terms.
It's important not to fall into the same trap as Horapollo ...
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