The

ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower E ...

ian Obelisk hieroglyph,

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sign listed no. O25 is a portrayal of the

obelisk An obelisk (; , diminutive of (') ' spit, nail, pointed pillar') is a tall, slender, tapered monument with four sides and a pyramidal or pyramidion top. Originally constructed by Ancient Egyptians and called ''tekhenu'', the Greeks used th ...

. The hieroglyph is commonly used on erected Egyptian obelisks, as there is often a discussion of the event of its erection: a historical event, as well as an accomplishment of the

pharaoh Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian language, Egyptian: ''wikt:pr ꜥꜣ, pr ꜥꜣ''; Meroitic language, Meroitic: 𐦲𐦤𐦧, ; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') was the title of the monarch of ancient Egypt from the First Dynasty of Egypt, First Dynasty ( ...

, and the Egyptian Kingdom.

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The obelisk hieroglyph in the

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is ''t(kh)n'', and is the identical word with the same spelling (different

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s), for 'to beat a drum', musician, etc. There are other meanings for 'tekhen', as well. The obelisk is a

in the Egyptian language, and the word ''t(kh)n'' has multiple spellings, since obelisk construction was done over various time periods. Some spellings are: Budge, 1978, (1920), ''An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary,'' section t, X1 p. 843b. X1*Aa1:N35-O25-.-X1*Aa1:N35-W24:Z7-O25-O39 The second spelling uses the shortened variety of the block-of-stone (hieroglyph), N39 as the 2nd determinative.

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Nectanebo II Nectanebo II (Egyptian language, Egyptian: ; ) was the last native ruler of ancient Egypt, as well as the third and last pharaoh of the Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt, Thirtieth Dynasty, reigning from 358 to c.340 BC. During the reign of Nectanebo ...

obelisk
(at a courtyard of the

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)

References

*Budge, 1978, (1920). ''An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary,'' E.A.Wallace Budge, (Dover Publications), c 1978, (c 1920), Dover edition, 1978. (In two volumes, 1314 pp, and cliv-(154) pp.) (softcover, ) Egyptian hieroglyphs: buildings and parts-of-buildings-etc {{AncientEgypt-stub

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