Face (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Face hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. D2 is a portrayal of the human face, frontal view.
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| Face in hieroglyphs |
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It is an Egyptian language biliteral with the value hr, ḥr.[1] The sign is also an ideogram for 'face', and related words.[2]
Preposition usage
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The Face hieroglyph is used as a preposition, and in preposition constructs. The common meanings for the single face are: in, at, upon, on, by, etc.[3]
gollark: I'm sure you'd like to think so.
gollark: > retroactively
gollark: Ever since 2002, all matter and energy was retroactively and proactively reconstructed from apions.
gollark: As bees now and forever permeate all space and time, yes.
gollark: Did you know? Once a typical room at a 1960s motel along U.S. Route 66, the Lost Room has existed outside of normal time and space since 1961, when what is referred to only as "the Event" took place.
See also
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- Gardiner's Sign List#D. Parts of the Human Body
- List of Egyptian hieroglyphs
Face hieroglyph (detailed closeup view)
References
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- Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998. Biliteral: B19, p. 110-111.
- Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, section Face, p. 53.
- Budge, 1991. A Hieroglyphic Dictionary to the Book of the Dead, p. 268.
- 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, 1991. A Hieroglyphic Dictionary to the Book of the Dead, E.A.Wallace Budge, Dover edition, 1991; Original: c 1911 as: A Hieroglyphic Vocabulary to the Theban Recension of the Book of the Dead with an Index to All the English Equivalents of the Egyptian Words, (Kegan Paul, etc. Ltd, London, publisher). Dover: (softcover, ISBN 0-486-26724-5)
- 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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