Pick (hieroglyph)
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The ancient Egyptian Pick hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed nos. U17, U18 is a portrayal of a 'pick upon the side view of a block'; it is in the Gardiner subset for agriculture, crafts, and professions.
In the Egyptian language, the pick hieroglyph is used as an ideogram or determinative for grg, the verb "to pick through",[1] or for other related words.
Verb: to settle, found, establish; (also dismantle)[edit]
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Example usage: 24th century BC, Palermo Stone[edit]
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Pick- (upon Townsite) (example) in hieroglyphs | ||
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From circa 2392 BC (24th to 23rd century BC), the Palermo Piece-(obverse) of the 7—piece Palermo Stone contains two uses of the pick hieroglyph. They occur as a pair in Row III[3] (of VI rows) for a "King Year Register" for Pharaoh, King Den.
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References[edit]
- ^ Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, Pick, p. 241.
- ^ Budge, 1978, (1920). An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, gerg, p. 811-812.
- ^ Schulz, Seidel, 1998. Egypt: The World of the Pharaohs, photo: Palermo Piece-(obverse), p. 24.
- Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, Betrò, Maria Carmela, c. 1995, 1996-(English), Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, London, Paris (hardcover, ISBN 0-7892-0232-8)
- Budge, 1920, (1978). An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, E. A. Wallis Budge, (Dover Publications), c 1978, (c 1920), Dover edition, 1978. (In two volumes, 1314 pp. and cliv-(154) pp.) (softcover, ISBN 0-486-23615-3)
- Schulz, Seidel, 1998. Egypt: The World of the Pharaohs, Editors, Regine Schulz, Matthias Seidel, Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Cologne, English translation version, 538 pages. (hardcover, ISBN 3-89508-913-3)