Pharaoh-seated, with flail & red crown (hieroglyph)

The Pharaoh-seated, with flail & red crown (hieroglyph) is Gardiner sign listed no. A46, in the category of: man and his occupations; specifically, there are many varieties in the category showing the Pharaoh. The King (Pharaoh) can typically wear a variety of headgear, so all varieties have interchangeable components and subsets. The Pharaoh is shown sprouting a long, 'Puntite beard',[1] but can wear the Red Crown

Pharaoh-
-Seated

w/Flail
& Red Crown
in hieroglyphs
Karnak relief.
(Shows flail and Blue Crown (=War Crown).) Note: beard worn by King (Pharaoh) only. A shortened beard is only worn by a Dignitary.

, the White Crown, the Double Crown, the Blue or "War Crown", or something similar. He can also be holding a Crook, a Flail,

a Scepter, or other items.

Palermo Stone, King Series, Row I (predynastic)

The following is the list of predynastic pharaohs (Nile Delta north) represented on the Palermo Piece of the 7–piece Palermo Stone: The sequence is in the proper order with the beginning Pharaoh on the right: (reading right-to-left, seven complete names pictured in year-registers):

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  • Owl...Papyrus...Ripple......Tether...Bread&Feather.Bivalve...Cloth
  • Belly.....Fish......Plow........Lake.............Quail.........Newborn...Ka

Note: On the Palermo Stone all the hieroglyphs face in the other direction (Gardiner signs are only facing left, on the stone they face right (reading right-to-left)). The source of the following Pharaohs is only from this King List; a few have artifacts that further confirm their reign (the Double Falcon King). The pharaohs deficient in information are: Hsekiu, Khayu, Tiu (pharaoh), Thesh, Neheb, Wazner, Mekh.

See also
  • Gardiner's Sign List#A. Man and his occupations

References
  1. Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, p. 69.
  • 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. 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)
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