List of portraiture offerings with Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs
This is a list of portraiture offerings with Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
The two major uses of Egyptian language hieroglyph offerings are the wall reliefs, and statuary; minor uses might be thought of as minor statues, charms, or amulets. Many of the sphinx statues are shown with an offering vessel.
List of common offering vessels
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The common nu pot
is the iconography where all offering pots are based. A simple one based on it is the incense censor pot, with a flame of smoke,
.
Many other types of offerings, represented by Egyptian language hieroglyphs are made, by the pharaoh himself/herself in portraiture, or by the gods that are portrayed with offerings.
Incense pot
Items from the Gardiner's Sign List of Temple Furniture and Sacred Emblems, (section R).
- Censer pot, with vapors-
. - Censer arm-
. - Offering of an altar-
.
Liquid vessels
Liquid vessels.
- Vessel with liquid stream-
. - Common nu vessel-
.
Other miscellaneous offerings
- Field of Dreams-
.(field of reeds)
Gallery of statuary with offering vessels
Monumental type
- 6th Dynasty, 24th-23rd century BC
- 19th century BC
See also
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