Papyrus roll-open
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The ancient Egyptian Papyrus roll-open hieroglyph comes in the common horizontal, or a vertical form. It is juxtaposed against a closed scroll, the Papyrus roll-tied hieroglyph, with the visible ties. Both styles of the papyrus roll, "-tied" or "-open", are a logogram for "roll of papyrus", with a phonetic value of m(dj)3t.[1]
Some artistic versions of the papyrus roll show the laminations, or grid-work, the cross-hatching of the papyrus fibers, for example on Thutmose III's cartouches.
Gallery
Mastaba tomb of Vizier Ankhamahor
Untied version of papyrus roll from Palermo Stone fragment
Relief from the mastaba of Ptahshepses
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Papyrus roll-open (hieroglyph).
References
- ↑ Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, p. 237.
- 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.Wallace 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)