The “Water Jars in a Rack” Hieroglyph

Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪! 

Today 𓏇𓇋𓈖𓇳, we are going to be looking at another popular hieroglyph 𓊹𓌃! This is the “water jars in a rack 𓏅” symbol!

𓏅 is most commonly used as a triliteral phonogram, and is associated with the sound ḫnt. Less commonly, 𓏅 (and it’s variants) can be used as an ideogram for the word “jar-rack” and would then be associated with the sound ḫntw. 

There are many variants of this symbol, all of which have the same sound associated with them. They are also classified as “water jars in a rack: 𓏃, 𓏄, and 𓏆.” All of these can be used interchangeably! 

Let’s take a look at how 𓏅 can be used in a variety of inscriptions 𓏟𓏛𓏥! 

Now, 𓏅 is very commonly used as a proposition to mean “in front at/of:” 

𓏅𓊹𓉱/𓏅𓏏𓊹𓉱 – In Front at the God’s Booth (one of Anubis’ 𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓃣 epithets)

𓏅𓈖𓏏 – At the Head of/In Front of 

𓏅 Is also commonly used to mean the word “Foremost,” especially in epithets of the gods𓊹𓊹𓊹. “Foremost” can also be written as “𓄂𓏏.”

𓏅𓈖𓏏𓏭𓋀𓄿/ – Foremost of the Westerners (one of Osiris’ 𓁹𓊨𓀭 epithets)

𓏅𓋀𓏏𓏏𓈊 – Foremost of the West (I have seen this epithet of Osiris 𓁹𓊨𓀭 written this way too)

𓏶𓏅 – Is Foremost (priest’s title)

𓏅 can also function as an ordinal number and mean “First.”