Shield
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| "shield" and "to put an end to" --"ikm"--and--'khm-- in hieroglyphs |
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"Shield", ikm and another word with an approximate km cognate, 'khm starting with the vowel ( ' ), 'khm, meaning to put to an end are the possible words related to the origins of the crocodile skin, and the 'verb of action', of items coming to an end. The second word 'khm has nine entries in the Budge dictionary, shield, ikam, has two entries.
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The 4th cow is labelled, black
(variant "triangle-hieroglyph" with "flames") -
Obelisk of Nectanebo II-
(crocodile skin hieroglyph)
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Famous quotes containing the word shield:
“The lichen on the rocks is a rude and simple shield which beginning and imperfect Nature suspended there. Still hangs her wrinkled trophy.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.”
—Quentin Crisp (b. 1908)