Jubilee Pavilion (hieroglyph)
Introduction The ''Jubilee Festival'' for the Pharaoh, the '''Heb Sed''' is represented in hieroglyphs by a '''Jubilee Pavilion Hieroglyph'''. It is Gardiner Sign Listed as no. O23.However it often appears with other pavilion, or festival hieroglyphs: the ''Hall'', no. O22, O22 and an ''alabaster Basin'', no. W3.W3 An alternate hieroglyph, the Basin combined with the Hall, W4is represented by Gardiner no. W4.A ligatured combination of the Basin with the Pavilion, O23:W3 is shown in some iconographic scenes, (Ramses II, Temple of Amun at Karnak).
The Pavilion hieroglyph The pavilion hieroglyph is a side view of the pharaoh seated, in opposing views, wearing the two separate crowns, the crown of the South, the white crown, and the crown of the North (the Delta), the red crown. The pavilion is composed of two side views of the naos (hieroglyph), Gardiner no. O18.O18Den label, Old Kingdom. The early Old Kingdom labels, for example Pharaoh Den, portrayed him in a side view in his naos shrine. An example of the combined, opposed, view with the two crowns, is the lintel of Senusret II, 12th dynasty, 19th century BC. It shows the naos curved roofs of each half of the pavilion hieroglyph.
Sed counterpoise amulet counterpoise amulet (menat and counterpoise), celebrating the Heb-Sed, of Psammetichus I. A counterpoise amulet, (menat and counterpoise), for Psammetichus I uses the three separate hieroglyphs for ''pavilion, hall, and basin''. The sequence is hall-above-basin, then pavilion. What follows the three signs is a lizard (hieroglyph), then the Nesu-bity-name-(King of the South, King of the North) in the cartouche of Psammetichus II. (The lizard refers to the "multitudes", (the populace of Ancient Egypt).The beginning of the text column with the Cobra-at-rest-(for ''speech''), then states: ''"Hb-Sd"'', determinative-(?) Gard. no. N20, N20The complete text states approximately: "Announce: Heb-Sed, (The)-Multitudes, "Nesu-bity", Psammetichus II."
See also *Gardiner's Sign List#O. Buildings, Parts of Buildings, etc. *List of Egyptian hieroglyphs*Sed festivalImage:Istanbul.Hippodrome009.jpg|Thutmosis III obeliskFile:Temple Hatchepsout Fresque2.JPG|Three alabaster basins w/Hall, one basin w/PavilionFile:Offering vessel of Pepi I.jpg|Pepi I Heb sed commemorative offering vessel; the right column states: "1st occurrence" S-d(hand), (? ), 1-Pavilion, 2-Hall, 3-Festival (3 determinatives); (the "first occurrence" is the ''Archaic Dagger hieroglyph'', and is ''"tp"'', (i.e. ''"top"'', (=beginning))
References *Wilkinson, 1992, ''Reading Egyptian Art: A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient Egyptian Painting and Sculpture'', Richard H. Wilkinson, c 1992, 1994, Thames and Hudson; abbreviated Index, 224 pp. (softcover, )