Shuti hieroglyph (two-feather adornment)
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| Shuti two-feather adornment in hieroglyphs |
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The ancient Egyptian Shuti, a two-feather adornment for crowns is part of a series of hieroglyphs for "crowns"; usage as a hieroglyph is not as common as the actual crown represented in Egyptian art, and artworks.
One popular use of the Shuti, two-feather crown is by the god Amun, one of his many crowns he is portrayed wearing.
[edit] Shuti, 20 spellings
| Shuti and spelling 2, 3, of many in hieroglyphs |
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The Budge two-volume dictionary of hieroglyphs records 20 spellings for shuti, from multiple sources.[1] Besides the single hieroglyph, nine spellings use the shuti as a determinative. Most spellings use the Shu-feather, often twice, the feather being the representation, and feather of Maat. Maat as a representative of truth, wisdom, justice, order, etc, in the kingdom, the iconographic headdress implies her role, to the one who wears the shuti two-feather adornments.
 Queen Tiy, of the New Kingdom, circa 1355 BC |
 Amun statuette with shuti feathers |
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[edit] References
- ^ Budge. An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, E.A.Wallace Budge, p. 733B, volume II.
- 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)
