Night (hieroglyph)

Egyptian hieroglyph

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Night
Nightfall
in hieroglyphs
(Example hieroglyph relief).

The ancient Egyptian Night hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed nos. N3 is a portrayal of the sky with the 'was' scepter hanging from it; it is in the Gardiner subset for "sky, earth, and water".

In the Egyptian language, the night hieroglyph is used as a determinative for words relating to 'obscurity'. In the language it is used for grh-(grḥ), and w(kh)-(uḫ) for night, and kkw-(kku) for dark, and a determinative for other related words.[1]

Preceded by

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(="bones")
(=ancestry")
'harpoon'
gen(t)

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night
grh-(grḥ)
w(kh)-(uḫ)  Succeeded by

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pick
(hieroglyph)
grg

## See also

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* Sky (hieroglyph)
* Gardiner's Sign List#N. Sky, Earth, and Water
* List of Egyptian hieroglyphs

## References

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1. ^ Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, Sky, p. 150.

* 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)

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