Water-jugs-in-stand (hieroglyph)

The ancient Egyptian Water-jugs-in-stand hieroglyph, is Gardiner sign listed no. W17, W18, within the Gardiner signs for vessels of stone and earthenware.

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Water jugs in stand in hieroglyphs

Relief with 3- and 4-jug hieroglyphs.

The hieroglyph is used as an ideogram in (kh)nt-(ḫnt), for 'a stand (for vases)'. It is also used phonetically for (ḫnt).^[1]

Egyptian "khenti"

The water-jugs-in-stand hieroglyph is often written with the complement of three other hieroglyphs, the water ripple, , bread bun, , and two strokes, , to make the Egyptian language word foremost, khenti. The complete composition block is:

As Egyptian "khenti",^[2] foremost is used extensively to refer to gods, often in charge of a region, or position, as foremost of xxxx. Anubis, or Osiris are often referred to as "Foremost", or "Chief" of the 'western cemetery', (where the sun sets).

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  Relief from the limestone sarcophagus of Ashayet, 11th Dynasty
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  Giza
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  Relief
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  Painted Relief

See also

• Gardiner's Sign List#W. Vessels of Stone and Earthenware
• Smiting-blade symbol (hieroglyph)