Papyrus roll-tied

The ancient Egyptian Papyrus roll-tied and sealed hieroglyph comes in the common horizontal, or a vertical form (shown in photo). It is juxtaposed against an open scroll, the Papyrus roll-open hieroglyph,

Papyrus Roll- Tied m(dj)3t in hieroglyphs

, without the "visible ties". The sealed form can also have a seal impressed (in clay) on the tie, for security, or authentication, (see notarization). 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

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  Painted Thutmosis III cartouches (temple relief), Deir el-Bahari.
  (end of line 1, reads left-to-right)
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  Finely painted Egyptian hieroglyph sample
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  Finely detailed limestone relief example of tied papyrus hieroglyph
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  Partially missing lunette of a stela; Finely executed in shallow, incised-bas relief
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  Example of tied papyrus roll, Karnak.
  (in top row, "standard" horizontal form)
  (Note also brazier (hieroglyph))

See also

• Gardiner's sign list: Y
• List of Egyptian hieroglyphs