“Treasury” in Hieroglyphs

Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪!

Today 𓏇𓇋𓈖𓇳 we are going to be looking at the word for “treasury 𓉒.” I see this word pop up on False Doors a lot because people who worked in the treasury 𓉒 were wealthy enough to have a nice burial! 

The word “treasury 𓉒” is written with a Composite Hieroglyph (which in this case also functions as an ideogram). A Composite Hieroglyphic symbol is a combination of multiple symbols into a single glyph. I like to think of Composite Hieroglyphs as a math equation! 

𓉐 + 𓌉 = 𓉒

pr + ḥḏ = prḥḏ 

The “schematic house plan 𓉐“ symbol is a biliteral phonogram for the sound “pr,” but it can also function as an ideogram for the word “house 𓉐𓏺.” This symbol is commonly used as a determinative for words that have to do with buildings (tomb 𓇋𓐫𓊃𓉐) or places (Duat 𓇼𓄿𓏏𓉐). 

The “mace with a round head 𓌉“ symbol is a biliteral phonogram for the sound “ḥḏ.” While I have seen it mostly used as a phonogram, this symbol can also be an ideogram for the word “mace 𓌉𓏺.” 

What’s great about the Composite Hieroglyphs is that the two singular symbols retain their original meaning even when combined! This was a great space saving option on various objects, reliefs, etc.