Cartouche (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Cartouche hieroglyph-(as hieroglyph only) is used to represent the Egyptian language word for 'name'. It is Gardiner sign listed no. V10, of the subgroup for rope, fibre, baskets, bags, etc.
Besides the
cartouche hieroglyph use for the word 'name', the cartouche in half-section, Gardiner no. V11, , has a separate meaning in the Egyptian language as a
determinative for actions and nouns dealing with items:
"to divide", "to exclude".[1]The
cartouche hieroglyph, , is used as a
determinative for Egyptian language
šn-(sh)n, for "circuit", or "ring"-(like the
shen ring or the
cartouche). Later it came to be used for
rn, the word 'name'.
[2] The word can also be spelled as "r" with "n", the
mouth over the
horizontal n,
Rosetta Stone usage
The cartouche hieroglyph is used seven times in the Rosetta Stone, with the viper in the phrase: ren-f, "name-his", (or 'name-its').
Gallery of cartouche as hieroglyph
See also
References
- ^ Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, Cartouche, p. 195.
- ^ Betrò, 1995, p. 195.
- 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)