Emblem of the East (hieroglyph)
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ian 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.
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 Emblem of the East, Gardiner
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....
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
Iabet
Iabet is a goddess in Egyptian mythology.She is a cleanser of Sun god Ra, and goddess of east. Her husband is fertility god Min. She was worshiped in Panopolis, with her husband....
. Her companion goddess is the Goddess Amunet
Amunet
Amunet, Amaunet, or Amonet was a primordial goddess in Ancient Egyptian religion. She is a member of the Ogdoad and the consort of Amun. Her name, meaning "the female hidden one", was simply the feminine form of Amun's own name. Therefore, it is likely that she was never an independent deity, but...
, represented by the Emblem of the West.
The emblem for 'East' is an ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...
in the Egyptian 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...
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.