Hieroglyphs On The Libyan Palette
The seven cities appear to be associated with the following hieroglyphic characters within the square-shaped city walls. (Gardiner nos. O15 & O36)
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- City 1–Scarab beetle
City 2–Pair of pugilists or the 'gemini twins'
City 3–Ba-bird
City 4–Owl-(the later letter "m")
City 5–Sedge Plant-(the King/Kingdom)-(see offering formula)
City 6–Bread-loaf?
City 7–Ka-hands - Register side:
The bottom fourth register contains two rows of four trees; the end of the second tree row has a vertical throwing stick upon a hieroglyph for "land". (A vertical double-curved throw stick (hieroglyph) upon an early form of a Hill-country (hieroglyph)-(ovate shape like the "sh", pool hieroglyph)-or the "land"-(land, as land but used as "region", not the 'region' hieroglyph), 'ta' hieroglyph-ovate form.)
- City 1–Scarab beetle
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