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Jar stand (hieroglyph)

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The Ancient Egyptian Jar Stand hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. W11 is a side view of a "jar stand and base".

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The jar stand hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter g.

Amun-King of the Thrones of Egypt

A major use of the Jar stand hieroglyph is in the reliefs for the Egyptian god Amun. He is often proclaimed to be "Lord of the Thrones of Egypt", using jar stand hieroglyphs in plural. It is a reference to the religious sites used by the Ancient Egyptian priesthood and the Egyptian citizenry.

The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters

The following two tables show the Egyptian uniliteral signs. (24 letters, but multiple use hieroglyphs)

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Jar stand (hieroglyph) Wikipedia