Papyrus roll-open

Papyrus Roll- Open m(dj)3t in hieroglyphs

The ancient Egyptian Papyrus roll-open hieroglyph comes in the common horizontal, or a vertical form. It is juxtaposed against a closed scroll, the Papyrus roll-tied hieroglyph, with the visible ties. Both styles of the papyrus roll, "-tied" or "-open", are a logogram for "roll of papyrus", with a phonetic value of m(dj)3t. ^[1]

Some artistic versions of the papyrus roll show the laminations, or grid-work, the cross-hatching of the papyrus fibers, for example on Thutmose III's cartouches.

Gallery

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  Mastaba tomb of Vizier Ankhamahor
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  Untied version of papyrus roll from Palermo Stone fragment
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  Relief from the mastaba of Ptahshepses

See also

• Gardiner's sign list: Y
• List of Egyptian hieroglyphs

References

1. Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, p. 237.

• Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, Betrò, Maria Carmela, c. 1995, 1996-(English), Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, London, Paris (hardcover, ISBN   0-7892-0232-8)
• Budge, (1920), 1978. 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)