Kom Ombo Temple Calendar relief.
(Row 1: 10 + 10)
The
numeral 10 (hieroglyph) is
Gardiner sign listed No. V20, in the category of
rope, fiber, baskets, bags, etc. It is found in hieroglyphs, often in association with
counting, or
accounting (months, days, or seasons, for example), and has an
Egyptian language phonetic value of
mt.
[1] It is similar to a
fetter-shaped object(?), described by Budge, 1920, (1978), as
"objects of wood or wickerwork; terrify, terrible,"[2] (now in Gardiner's list as V19 and Aa19
). (Budge also shows a 3rd variety.)
Palermo Stone usage, 2390 BC
Graphic showing "year-date"-
(left column,
"Month- 2, Day- 23-(10 + 10 + 3)"), Row V (
Palermo Piece)
(7 "year-dates" are represented in the graphic)
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The
Palermo Piece (at Palermo Museum) of the 7
—piece
Palermo Stone.
The
numeral 10 hieroglyph is used extensively in the 24th century BC
Palermo Stone, as the record of
Nile River Flood levels of some King-Year records
– use the numeral "10". It is also in a few of the King Year-Registers that record: "year-date"-
(month & days), or especially Row VI (of the VI rows on the
Palermo Piece (of the 7
—piece stone)), where accounting of fowl, and cattle is recorded, using
numeral 10.
Preceded by
" Behold! "
mk
(mek) |
" 10 "
(numeral)
mt |
Succeeded by
1/10th
mt-nu |
See also
References
- ↑ Budge, 1920 (1978). An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, p. 331a.
- ↑ Budge, 1920 (1978). An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, section: A List of Hieroglyphic Characters: Strokes and Doubtful Objects, p. cxlvii.
- Budge. 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, ISBN 0-486-23615-3)
