The
ancient Egyptian Bowstring hieroglyph is an
Egyptian language hieroglyph associated with the ''bow'', and its use as a hieroglyph for the ''Archer hieroglyph'', a symbol for 'army'. Because of the strength required to "string a bow", with a
bow string, the bowstring hieroglyph is used to define words of ''strength, hardness, durability, etc.''
The hieroglyphic language equivalent of the bowstring is ''"rwdj"'', and means "hard, strong, durable".
Pharaoh
Rudamun
Rudamun was the final pharaoh of the Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt. His titulary simply reads as Usermaatre Setepenamun, Rudamun Meryamun, and excludes the Si-Ese or Netjer-Heqawaset epithets employed by his father and brother.
Biography
He was ...
of the
23rd Dynasty
The Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XXIII, alternatively 23rd Dynasty or Dynasty 23) is usually classified as the third dynasty of the ancient Egyptian Third Intermediate Period. This dynasty consisted of a number of Meshwesh ki ...
, 757-54 BC has his name in two cartouches showing the use of the bowstring hieroglyph, (only one uses the bowstring). A white rock crystal vase has two cartouches above the hieroglyphic symbol for
union symbol (hieroglyph). One cartouche uses the bowstring hieroglyph and states his name: ''"A-mn-Rudj–A-mn-Mer", and is approximately: ''"Amun's Strength—Amun's Beloved".
See also
*
List of Egyptian hieroglyphs
References
*Budge. ''An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary,''
E.A.Wallace Budge, (Dover Publications), c 1978, (c 1920), Dover edition, 1978. (In two volumes) (softcover, )
*Budge. ''The Rosetta Stone,''
E.A.Wallace Budge, (Dover Publications), c 1929, Dover edition(unabridged), 1989. (softcover, {{ISBN, 0-486-26163-8)
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