S3 (Gardiner sign list)

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S3 (in Gardiner's sign list) is the Egyptian hieroglyph depicting the Red Crown of Lower Egypt, symbolizing royal authority over that region.

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Label Occurrences
S3 (Gardiner sign list) canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptian hieroglyph
Gardiner sign
appearsIn royal epithets
royal names
associatedWith Lower Egypt
pharaonic kingship
royal regalia
belongsToGardinerCategory S – Crowns, dress, staves, etc.
combinedIn Double Crown of Egypt
surface form: Pschent (Double Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt)
contrastsWith White Crown of Upper Egypt
surface form: S1 (White Crown of Upper Egypt)
depicts Red Crown
surface form: Red Crown of Lower Egypt
determinativeFor Lower Egypt
Red Crown
documentedIn Gardiner, Egyptian Grammar
hasColorAssociation red
hasGardinerCode S3
hasRegionAssociation Lower Egypt
Nile Delta
hasUnicodeBlock Egyptian hieroglyphs
surface form: Egyptian Hieroglyphs
partOf Gardiner's sign list
phoneticType uniliteral sign
phoneticValue n
represents Red Crown
surface form: Red Crown of Lower Egypt
scriptStage Classical Egyptian
Middle Egyptian
semanticField geopolitical regions of Egypt
royalty
symbolizes kingship in Lower Egypt
royal authority over Lower Egypt
timePeriod Late Period of Egypt
surface form: Late Period of ancient Egypt

Middle Kingdom of Egypt
surface form: Middle Kingdom

New Kingdom of Egypt
surface form: New Kingdom

Old Kingdom of Egypt
surface form: Old Kingdom
usedAs ideogram for Lower Egypt
ideogram for the Red Crown
usedBy scribes of ancient Egypt
usedIn Ancient Egyptian writing
monumental inscriptions
royal titulary inscriptions
visualFeature tall, flat-topped red crown with projecting spiral or wire at front
writingDirection can face left or right depending on text direction
writingMedium ostraca
papyrus manuscripts
stone inscriptions
wooden coffins
writingSystem Egyptian hieroglyphs

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Deshret hieroglyphCode S3 (Gardiner sign list)