Stair-single (hieroglyph)

In the Egyptian language, the single stair hieroglyph is used as a determinative.

Preceded by leg rd

single- stair (determinative) rd="stairs" "staircase"

Succeeded by bread-cone (di) rdi

Stair-(Single) in hieroglyphs

Relief with offerings to Sobek, showing Stair-Double; (See in Budge, Rdu, the Stairs of Sobek).^[1] (The offering relief is by Scribe Aa-mer-R-u(coil)-t, (Aa-mer-r-u-t); a meteor (hieroglyph) unlisted replaces the incense-pot.)

The ancient Egyptian Single-Stair hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. O40 is a single staircase in the Gardiner subset for "buildings, parts of buildings, etc." A second full double-staircase is no. O41,^[2]

See also

• Gardiner's Sign List#O. Buildings, Parts of Buildings, etc.
• List of Egyptian hieroglyphs