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Stair-single (hieroglyph)

O40
Stair-(Single)
in hieroglyphs
Relief with offerings to Sobek, showing Stair-Double; (See in Budge, Rdu, the Stairs of Sobek).[1] (The offering relief is by Scribe Aa-mer-R-u(coil)-t, (Aa-mer-r-u-t); a meteor (hieroglyph) unlisted replaces the incense-pot.)
The ancient Egyptian Single-Stair hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. O40 is a single staircase in the Gardiner subset for "buildings, parts of buildings, etc." A second full double-staircase is no. O41,[2]
O41

In the Egyptian language, the single stair hieroglyph is used as a determinative.

Preceded by legrd single-stair(determinative)rd="stairs""staircase" Succeeded by bread-cone(di)rdi


See also

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References

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  1. ^ Budge, 1978, (1920). An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, p.436B.
  2. ^ Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, Double stair, p. 186.
  • 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, 1978, (1920). An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, E.A.Wallace Budge, (Dover Publications), c 1978, (c 1920), Dover edition, c 1978; cliv-(154) and 1314 pp. (In two volumes) (softcover, ISBN 0-486-23615-3)
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