Sun_(hieroglyph)
Sun (hieroglyph)
Egyptian hieroglyph
The ancient Egyptian Sun hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. N5 for the sun-disc;[1] it is also one of the hieroglyphs that refers to the god Ra.
The sun hieroglyph is used in the ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs as a determinative to refer to events of time, for example when referring to '"day xx" (of month yy') . Even the "snap-of-the-finger", a 'moment', or 'instant' of time is represented using a Hippopotamus head (hieroglyph), Gardiner no. F3:
, with the sun-disc:
, as the time determinative in a hieroglyphic composition block.
Hieroglyphs at Karnak. (di-ankh, Rā-ma, djet)
(Note:Reversed in the Gardiner font.)
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In the 24th century BC Palermo Stone, the sun hieroglyph is used on the Palermo Piece-(obverse) of the 7-piece Palermo Stone to identify dates, or specific "day-events", ..."day of ...." A few of the King Year-Register's are dates only for example in Row V (of VI rows):
Some other common hieroglyphs based on the sun hieroglyph, are the Sun-with-rays (hieroglyph), Gardiner no. N8:
, and Sun-rising (hieroglyph)-(Coronations, "Appearance of..."-Palermo Stone), no. N28.
. In the 24th century BC Palermo Stone: "Appearance of the King of the South and Appearance of the King of the North".