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Adze-on-Block in hieroglyphs

The ancient Egyptian Adze on a Wood Block, or Axe in a Block of Wood hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. U20, is a portrayal of the adze. It is used mostly in the cartouches of pharaonic names especially, or other important names.

The adze on block has the Egyptian language value of stp and is the verb "choose". It is used as a determinative in 'stp', "cut into pieces", and as an ideogram for 'stp', "choose", "choice".

Cartouche usage: "chosen of"

See also

• Gardiner's Sign List#U. Agriculture, Crafts, and Professions
• List of Egyptian hieroglyphs
• Adze#Africa

• Statue of Pharaoh Osorkon I
• Pectoral (Ancient Egypt)
• Goddess Maat (hieroglyph) on Basket hieroglyph being presented by Ramesses IX
• Ramses II cartouches at Karnak

References

1. Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, Axe in a Block of Wood: p. 229.
2. Collier and Manley, 1998, How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs, p. 142.
3. Collier and Manley, 1998, p. 142.
4. Betrò, 1995, p. 229.
5. Betrò, 1995, p. 229.

• 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)
• Collier and Manley, 1998. How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A Step-by-Step Guide to Teach Yourself, Mark Collier (Egyptologist), and Bill Manley, c 1998, University of California Press, 179 pp, (with a word Glossary, p 151-61: Title Egyptian-English vocabulary; also an "Answer Key", 'Key to the exercises', p 162–73) (hardcover, ISBN 0-520-21597-4)

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