List of portraiture offerings with Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs

A list of portraiture offerings with Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Milk vessel determinative, (lower right column). Also the actual Milk vessels being offered.

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
Nw pot, and "decorated-fringe" 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
Liquids being offered from vessel.

Liquid vessels.

  • Vessel with liquid stream-
    .
  • Common nu vessel-
    .

Other miscellaneous offerings
  • Bread-
    (bread (Gardiner nox3))
    . (see here: )
  • Bread-cone-
    (verb (TO GIVE(GIVEN)))
    . (see here: , )
  • Field of Dreams-
    (field ofreeds)
    .
  • Joint of meat-
    . (see here:
  • Life symbol: Ankh-
    (life (s34))
    . (see here:
  • Ointment jar-(Alabastron)-
     
    		(or)
     
    		(jar alabastron)
    . (see here:
  • Recumbent sphinx, lion-
    (sphinx)
    . (see here: )
  • Ripple of Water-
    (ripple ofwater)
    . (see here: )

Monumental type
  • 6th Dynasty, 24th-23rd century BC
  • 19th century BC

Minor-sized statuary
  • Pharaoh Taharqa and Horus-Falcon, 25th Dynasty, 7th century BC

See also
  • List of Egyptian hieroglyphs by common name: A-L
  • List of Egyptian hieroglyphs by common name: M-Z
  • List of Egyptian hieroglyphs by alphabetization
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