Stair-single (hieroglyph)
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,
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In the Egyptian language, the single stair hieroglyph is used as a determinative.
See also
References
- ^ Budge, 1978, (1920). An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, p.436B.
- ^ 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)