The ''Jubilee Festival'' for the Pharaoh, the Heb Sed is represented in hieroglyphs by a Jubilee Pavilion Hieroglyph. It is Gardiner Sign Listed as no. O23. However it often appears with other pavilion, or festival hieroglyphs: the ''Hall'', no. O22, O22 and an ''alabaster Basin'', no. W3. W3 An alternate hieroglyph, the Basin combined with the Hall, W4is represented by Gardiner no. W4. A ligatured combination of the Basin with the Pavilion, O23:W3 is shown in some iconographic scenes, ( Ramses II,

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at Karnak).Wilkinson, 1992, p. 144-(graphic), and p. 145-(analysis).

The Pavilion hieroglyph

The pavilion hieroglyph is a side view of the pharaoh seated, in opposing views, wearing the two separate crowns, the crown of the South, the white crown, and the crown of the North (the Delta), the red crown. The pavilion is composed of two side views of the naos (hieroglyph), Gardiner no. O18. O18 The early Old Kingdom labels, for example Pharaoh

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, portrayed him in a side view in his naos shrine. An example of the combined, opposed, view with the two crowns, is the lintel of Senusret II,

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, 19th century BC. It shows the naos curved roofs of each half of the pavilion hieroglyph.

Sed counterpoise amulet

A counterpoise amulet, ( menat and counterpoise), for Psammetichus I uses the three separate hieroglyphs for ''pavilion, hall, and basin''. The sequence is hall-above-basin, then pavilion. What follows the three signs is a

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, then the Nesu-bity-name-(King of the South, King of the North) in the cartouche of Psammetichus II. (The lizard refers to the "multitudes", (the populace of Ancient Egypt). The beginning of the text column with the Cobra-at-rest-(for ''speech''), then states: ''"Hb-Sd"'', determinative-(?) Gard. no. N20, N20 The complete text states approximately: "Announce: Heb-Sed, (The)-Multitudes, " Nesu-bity", Psammetichus II."

References

*Wilkinson, 1992, '' Reading Egyptian Art: A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient Egyptian Painting and Sculpture'',

Richard H. Wilkinson Richard H. Wilkinson (born 1951) is an archaeologist in the field of Egyptology. He is Regents Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. at the University of Arizona and founding director of the University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition. He conducted research and ...

, c 1992, 1994, Thames and Hudson; abbreviated Index, 224 pp. (softcover, ) Egyptian hieroglyphs: buildings and parts-of-buildings-etc Egyptian hieroglyphs: vessels of stone and earthenware

The Pavilion hieroglyph

Sed counterpoise amulet

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