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The ancient Egyptian Bread bun hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. X1 for the side view of a bread bun. It is also the simple shape of a semicircle. The hieroglyph is listed under the Gardiner category of loaves and cakes.
The bread bun hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter t. A later alternative t, is a pestle, with curved top, Gardiner U33.
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"Bread bun/semi-circle" as feminine determiner
Besides alphabetic-t, the bread bun is used for words that are feminine, as an end qualifying determinant, often shown before other qualifying ideograms or determinants in the hieroglyphic word block-(quadrat hieroglyphic block). It is one of the most frequently used signs in hieroglyphic writing.
Palermo Stone
The t hieroglyph is used extensively throughout the Palermo Stone of the 24th to 23rd century BC, and it is used in the first row (Row I of VI), for the naming of King Tiu of Lower Egypt (a King of the North).
Palermo Stone, King Series, Row I (predynastic)
The following is the list of predynastic pharaohs (Nile Delta north) represented on the Palermo Piece of the 7–piece Palermo Stone: The sequence is in the proper order with the beginning Pharaoh on the right: (reading right-to-left, seven complete names pictured in year-registers):
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- Owl...Papyrus...Ripple......Tether...Bread&Feather.Bivalve...Cloth
- Belly.....Fish......Plow........Lake.............Quail.........Newborn...Ka
Note: On the Palermo Stone all the hieroglyphs face in the other direction (Gardiner signs are only facing left; on the stone they face right (reading right-to-left)). The source of the following Pharaohs is only from this King List; a few have artifacts that further confirm their reign (the Double Falcon King). The pharaohs deficient in information are: Hsekiu, Khayu, Tiu (pharaoh), Thesh, Neheb, Wazner, Mekh.
Preceded by
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Breadbun or "feminine" t |
Succeeded by
Land ti |
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Narmer Palette detail, from late 3rd millennium Ancient Egypt
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Nile River flood levels recorded on 1-piece of the 7—piece Palermo Stone. Note the 2-uses of t.
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Palermo piece (at Palermo Museum), of the 7—piece Palermo Stone
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The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters
The following two tables show the Egyptian uniliteral signs. (24 letters, but multiple use hieroglyphs)
a
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y
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'
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(w,u)
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B
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P
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M
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N
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R
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H1
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H2
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Kh2
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S
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(Sh)=Š
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Q/K2
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K
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T
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Ch—Tj
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D
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Dj
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| L/(R) (special) (Ptolemaic, etc.)
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-- | -- | -- | -- |
| a | i (ee) |
y ii |
' ah, (aïn) |
w, (u) (oo) |
B | |||||||||||||||||
| P | F | M | N | R | H1 | |||||||||||||||||
| H2 | (Kh)1 | (Kh)2 | S | Sh (Sh) |
K emphatic | |||||||||||||||||
| K | G | T | Tj Ch Tsh |
D | Dj | |||||||||||||||||
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-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||||||||||
M (horiz) M2-Plinth |
N (vert) (see: N (red crown)) |
S (vert) S (folded) cloth) |
 M (3rd-M -2nd-vert) M3-Baker's tool (vertical) | |||||||||||||||||||
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is—
y2-Two strokes |
is—
letter w, u (see w2-Coil) |
T (no. 2) T2-Pestle |
See also
References
- Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998. Illustrated Hieroglyphics Handbook, uniliteral: U23, p. 62-63.
Bibliography
- Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998. Illustrated Hieroglyphics Handbook, Ruth Schumann-Antelme, and Stéphane Rossini. c 1998, English trans. 2002, Sterling Publishing Co. (Index, Summary lists (tables), selected uniliterals, biliterals, and triliterals.) (softcover, ISBN 1-4027-0025-3)