Emblem of the East

"Symbol of the East" in hieroglyphs

Slab stela close-up of Nefertiabet's name: nfr-t iab-t, "Eastern Beauty".

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The ancient Egyptian Emblem of the East, Gardiner sign listed no. R15, is a portrayal of a standard, surmounted by the "Symbol of the East"; the hieroglyph is a member of the Gardiner signs for temple furniture and emblems.

The Emblem of the East is used by the Goddess Iabet. Her companion goddess is the Goddess Amunet, represented by the Emblem of the West.

The emblem for 'East' is an ideogram in the Egyptian language word i3bt, for "east"; it is also used for i3by, meaning "left". The symbol for the 'West'-(="right") was considered 'good', and thus the East symbol sometimes symbolized the opposite of good, evil. However, the sun rises in the East, thus the solar cult often used the symbol.^[1]

See also

• Emblem of the West
• Gardiner's Sign List#R. Temple Furniture and Sacred Emblems
• Goddess Iabet

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  Relief showing Emblem of the East, and Emblem of the West

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  Label of Pharaoh Den

Preceded by Newborn Calf iu

Emblem of the East ibt

Succeeded by Crescent Moon ibet

References

• Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, Maria Carmela Betrò, c. 1995, 1996-(English), Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, London, Paris (hardcover, ISBN 0-7892-0232-8)