Child (hieroglyph)
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The ancient Egypt
ian child hieroglyph is part of the Egyptian Gardiner's Sign List
hieroglyphs for the beginning core subgroup of Man and his Occupations. It relates to the child, and childhood, and has a version for the Pharaoh, as a child.
. It is the Ancient Egypt
ian language
equivalent of hrd-(meaning "child"). The hieroglyph is also a determinative
in words relating to childhood
; (also an abbreviation for "child").
The child hieroglyph is used twice in the 196 BC Ptolemy V Rosetta Stone
. It is used in the introduction, line 1, (Nubayrah Stele
, line N1), with the youth reference:
After the Rosetta-Stone-stele text lists the 22 reasons for honoring Ptolemy V, the gods and goddesses reward Pharaoh:
The ancient Egypt
ian child hieroglyph is part of the Egyptian Gardiner's Sign List
hieroglyphs for the beginning core subgroup of Man and his Occupations. It relates to the child, and childhood, and has a version for the Pharaoh, as a child.
. It is the Ancient Egypt
ian language
equivalent of hrd-(meaning "child"). The hieroglyph is also a determinative
in words relating to childhood
; (also an abbreviation for "child").
The child hieroglyph is used twice in the 196 BC Ptolemy V Rosetta Stone
. It is used in the introduction, line 1, (Nubayrah Stele
, line N1), with the youth reference:
After the Rosetta-Stone-stele text lists the 22 reasons for honoring Ptolemy V, the gods and goddesses reward Pharaoh:
The ancient Egypt
ian child hieroglyph is part of the Egyptian Gardiner's Sign List
hieroglyphs for the beginning core subgroup of Man and his Occupations. It relates to the child, and childhood, and has a version for the Pharaoh, as a child.
. It is the Ancient Egypt
ian language
equivalent of hrd-(meaning "child"). The hieroglyph is also a determinative
in words relating to childhood
; (also an abbreviation for "child").
The child hieroglyph is used twice in the 196 BC Ptolemy V Rosetta Stone
. It is used in the introduction, line 1, (Nubayrah Stele
, line N1), with the youth reference:
After the Rosetta-Stone-stele text lists the 22 reasons for honoring Ptolemy V, the gods and goddesses reward Pharaoh:
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
ian child hieroglyph is part of the Egyptian Gardiner's Sign List
Gardiner's Sign List
Gardiner's Sign List is a list of common Egyptian hieroglyphs compiled by Sir Alan Gardiner. It is considered a standard reference in the study of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs....
hieroglyphs for the beginning core subgroup of Man and his Occupations. It relates to the child, and childhood, and has a version for the Pharaoh, as a child.
Language usage of child
The hieroglyphic equivalent of the child hieroglyph is nn as a phonogramPhonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...
. It is the Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
ian language
Egyptian language
Egyptian is the oldest known indigenous language of Egypt and a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. Written records of the Egyptian language have been dated from about 3400 BC, making it one of the oldest recorded languages known. Egyptian was spoken until the late 17th century AD in the...
equivalent of hrd-(meaning "child"). The hieroglyph is also a determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...
in words relating to childhood
Childhood
Childhood is the age span ranging from birth to adolescence. In developmental psychology, childhood is divided up into the developmental stages of toddlerhood , early childhood , middle childhood , and adolescence .- Age ranges of childhood :The term childhood is non-specific and can imply a...
; (also an abbreviation for "child").
Rosetta Stone usage
Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the middle portion Demotic script, and the lowest Ancient Greek...
. It is used in the introduction, line 1, (Nubayrah Stele
Nubayrah Stele
The Nubayrah Stele is a mutilated copy of the Decree of Memphis on a limestone stele; the same decree is found upon the Rosetta Stone...
, line N1), with the youth reference:
- "....month two of the season PertPeretPere Pubill Calaf , known as Peret, is a Catalan Spanish Romaní singer, guitar player and composer, and the main representative of Catalan Rumba. Peret is known for the song Borriquito, and he represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 and performed at the Olympic Games in Barcelona...
, day 18, under the Majesty, of the Horus-Ra, the Youth, like a king upon the throne of his father...."
After the Rosetta-Stone-stele text lists the 22 reasons for honoring Ptolemy V, the gods and goddesses reward Pharaoh:
- '".... As a reward forJoint of meat (hieroglyph)The ancient Egyptian Bone-with-meat hieroglyph is one of the Gardiner's sign list glyphs listed under Parts of Mammals. It is one of many – in the category, as concepts were also presented by the body parts; for example hindquarters, and forequarters, represented things behind something, and...
these things have given him (Ptolemy V) the gods and goddesses: victory, mightBranch (hieroglyph)The ancient Egyptian Branch hieroglyph, also called a Stick, is a member of the trees and plants hieroglyphs.The branch is an Egyptian language biliteral with the value t, -; it is an ideogram-, for wood, tree, and the linear measure...
, life, strength, health, (AUSAnkh wedja senebThe Ancient Egyptian phrase ankh, wedja, seneb meaning "life, prosperity, health" is an epithetic formula which often appears after the names of Egyptian kings or references to their household...
) and everything good to the fullest possible extentSpine with fluid (hieroglyph)The use of the spine with fluid hieroglyph is for words showing "length", as opposed to 'breadth', . Some example words for 'length' are: to be long, length, to extend, extended; and for to expand, to dilate, words like: joy, gladness, pleasure, delight.-See also:*Gardiner's Sign List#F...
of them; is his rank great establishedDjedThe djed symbol is a pillar-like ancient Egyptian symbol representing stability. It has been interpreted as the backbone of the Egyptian god Osiris, especially in the form Banebdjedet . Djedu is the Egyptian name for Busiris, a centre of the cult of Osiris...
for him and his children for ever."
The ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
ian child hieroglyph is part of the Egyptian Gardiner's Sign List
Gardiner's Sign List
Gardiner's Sign List is a list of common Egyptian hieroglyphs compiled by Sir Alan Gardiner. It is considered a standard reference in the study of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs....
hieroglyphs for the beginning core subgroup of Man and his Occupations. It relates to the child, and childhood, and has a version for the Pharaoh, as a child.
Language usage of child
The hieroglyphic equivalent of the child hieroglyph is nn as a phonogramPhonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...
. It is the Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
ian language
Egyptian language
Egyptian is the oldest known indigenous language of Egypt and a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. Written records of the Egyptian language have been dated from about 3400 BC, making it one of the oldest recorded languages known. Egyptian was spoken until the late 17th century AD in the...
equivalent of hrd-(meaning "child"). The hieroglyph is also a determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...
in words relating to childhood
Childhood
Childhood is the age span ranging from birth to adolescence. In developmental psychology, childhood is divided up into the developmental stages of toddlerhood , early childhood , middle childhood , and adolescence .- Age ranges of childhood :The term childhood is non-specific and can imply a...
; (also an abbreviation for "child").
Rosetta Stone usage
Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the middle portion Demotic script, and the lowest Ancient Greek...
. It is used in the introduction, line 1, (Nubayrah Stele
Nubayrah Stele
The Nubayrah Stele is a mutilated copy of the Decree of Memphis on a limestone stele; the same decree is found upon the Rosetta Stone...
, line N1), with the youth reference:
- "....month two of the season PertPeretPere Pubill Calaf , known as Peret, is a Catalan Spanish Romaní singer, guitar player and composer, and the main representative of Catalan Rumba. Peret is known for the song Borriquito, and he represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 and performed at the Olympic Games in Barcelona...
, day 18, under the Majesty, of the Horus-Ra, the Youth, like a king upon the throne of his father...."
After the Rosetta-Stone-stele text lists the 22 reasons for honoring Ptolemy V, the gods and goddesses reward Pharaoh:
- '".... As a reward forJoint of meat (hieroglyph)The ancient Egyptian Bone-with-meat hieroglyph is one of the Gardiner's sign list glyphs listed under Parts of Mammals. It is one of many – in the category, as concepts were also presented by the body parts; for example hindquarters, and forequarters, represented things behind something, and...
these things have given him (Ptolemy V) the gods and goddesses: victory, mightBranch (hieroglyph)The ancient Egyptian Branch hieroglyph, also called a Stick, is a member of the trees and plants hieroglyphs.The branch is an Egyptian language biliteral with the value t, -; it is an ideogram-, for wood, tree, and the linear measure...
, life, strength, health, (AUSAnkh wedja senebThe Ancient Egyptian phrase ankh, wedja, seneb meaning "life, prosperity, health" is an epithetic formula which often appears after the names of Egyptian kings or references to their household...
) and everything good to the fullest possible extentSpine with fluid (hieroglyph)The use of the spine with fluid hieroglyph is for words showing "length", as opposed to 'breadth', . Some example words for 'length' are: to be long, length, to extend, extended; and for to expand, to dilate, words like: joy, gladness, pleasure, delight.-See also:*Gardiner's Sign List#F...
of them; is his rank great establishedDjedThe djed symbol is a pillar-like ancient Egyptian symbol representing stability. It has been interpreted as the backbone of the Egyptian god Osiris, especially in the form Banebdjedet . Djedu is the Egyptian name for Busiris, a centre of the cult of Osiris...
for him and his children for ever."
The ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
ian child hieroglyph is part of the Egyptian Gardiner's Sign List
Gardiner's Sign List
Gardiner's Sign List is a list of common Egyptian hieroglyphs compiled by Sir Alan Gardiner. It is considered a standard reference in the study of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs....
hieroglyphs for the beginning core subgroup of Man and his Occupations. It relates to the child, and childhood, and has a version for the Pharaoh, as a child.
Language usage of child
The hieroglyphic equivalent of the child hieroglyph is nn as a phonogramPhonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...
. It is the Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
ian language
Egyptian language
Egyptian is the oldest known indigenous language of Egypt and a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. Written records of the Egyptian language have been dated from about 3400 BC, making it one of the oldest recorded languages known. Egyptian was spoken until the late 17th century AD in the...
equivalent of hrd-(meaning "child"). The hieroglyph is also a determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...
in words relating to childhood
Childhood
Childhood is the age span ranging from birth to adolescence. In developmental psychology, childhood is divided up into the developmental stages of toddlerhood , early childhood , middle childhood , and adolescence .- Age ranges of childhood :The term childhood is non-specific and can imply a...
; (also an abbreviation for "child").
Rosetta Stone usage
Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the middle portion Demotic script, and the lowest Ancient Greek...
. It is used in the introduction, line 1, (Nubayrah Stele
Nubayrah Stele
The Nubayrah Stele is a mutilated copy of the Decree of Memphis on a limestone stele; the same decree is found upon the Rosetta Stone...
, line N1), with the youth reference:
- "....month two of the season PertPeretPere Pubill Calaf , known as Peret, is a Catalan Spanish Romaní singer, guitar player and composer, and the main representative of Catalan Rumba. Peret is known for the song Borriquito, and he represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 and performed at the Olympic Games in Barcelona...
, day 18, under the Majesty, of the Horus-Ra, the Youth, like a king upon the throne of his father...."
After the Rosetta-Stone-stele text lists the 22 reasons for honoring Ptolemy V, the gods and goddesses reward Pharaoh:
- '".... As a reward forJoint of meat (hieroglyph)The ancient Egyptian Bone-with-meat hieroglyph is one of the Gardiner's sign list glyphs listed under Parts of Mammals. It is one of many – in the category, as concepts were also presented by the body parts; for example hindquarters, and forequarters, represented things behind something, and...
these things have given him (Ptolemy V) the gods and goddesses: victory, mightBranch (hieroglyph)The ancient Egyptian Branch hieroglyph, also called a Stick, is a member of the trees and plants hieroglyphs.The branch is an Egyptian language biliteral with the value t, -; it is an ideogram-, for wood, tree, and the linear measure...
, life, strength, health, (AUSAnkh wedja senebThe Ancient Egyptian phrase ankh, wedja, seneb meaning "life, prosperity, health" is an epithetic formula which often appears after the names of Egyptian kings or references to their household...
) and everything good to the fullest possible extentSpine with fluid (hieroglyph)The use of the spine with fluid hieroglyph is for words showing "length", as opposed to 'breadth', . Some example words for 'length' are: to be long, length, to extend, extended; and for to expand, to dilate, words like: joy, gladness, pleasure, delight.-See also:*Gardiner's Sign List#F...
of them; is his rank great establishedDjedThe djed symbol is a pillar-like ancient Egyptian symbol representing stability. It has been interpreted as the backbone of the Egyptian god Osiris, especially in the form Banebdjedet . Djedu is the Egyptian name for Busiris, a centre of the cult of Osiris...
for him and his children for ever."
