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