Hare (hieroglyph)
Introduction Hare hieroglyph in text (reading left-to-right)''Lepus capensis sinaiticus''The ancient Egyptian '''Hare hieroglyph''', Gardiner sign listed no. E34 (𓃹) is a portrayal of the desert hare or Cape hare, ''Lepus capensis'' of Egypt, within the Gardiner signs for mammals. The ancients used the name of ''sekhat'' for the hare.It is an Egyptian language biliteral with the value '''''wn''''', (or ''un''), often used in a hieroglyph composition block with the horizontal ''n''. E34:N35:N35 or E34:N35The biliteral expresses the sound "oon", or "oonen",; it is also an ideogram for the verb "to be", or "to exist", (i.e. "is", "are", "was", etc. ).The famous Pharaoh Unas, (for his Pyramid texts), is named using the hare hieroglyph. It also appears in the name of Wenamun, a (possibly fictional) priest who appears in a famous history of c. 1000 BCE. }Image:Thutmose III and Hatshepsut.jpg|ReliefImage:Edfu51.JPG|Detail of ''Hare and water-ripple'' quadrat (hieroglyph block) (also shows Stool-or-mat (hieroglyph) and Throne (hieroglyph))Image:Cartouches Tibère.JPG|Vertical text, hare hieroglyph at beginningFIle:Stele of Amenhotep I.jpg|Partially missing lunette of a stela; Finely executed in shallow, incised-bas relief
See also *Gardiner's Sign List#E. Mammals*List of Egyptian hieroglyphs*Pharaoh Unas - (titulary)
References *Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998. ''Illustrated Hieroglyphics Handbook'', Ruth Schumann-Antelme, and Stéphane Rossini. c 1998, English trans. 2002, Sterling Publishing Co. (Index, Summary lists (tables), selected uniliterals, biliterals, and triliterals.) (softcover, )