God’s Booth 𓊹𓉱

Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪! Today 𓏇𓇋𓈖𓇳 we are going to be looking at the phrase “God’s Booth 𓊹𓉱.”

The phrase “God’s Booth 𓊹𓉱” is associated with the god Anubis 𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓃣 and appears as an epithet to his name when it appears in the very common “Offering Formula 𓇓𓏏𓊵𓏙” which appears on various types of funerary equipment throughout Egyptian history. The God’s Booth 𓊹𓉱 is a shrine specifically for Anubis 𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓃣! 

Let’s break down the phrase: 

𓊹 – God

𓉱 – Booth

Let’s break down each of the hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪 a little bit more! 

The “cloth on a pole 𓊹“ hieroglyph is an ideogram for the word god. 𓊹 is also a triliteral phonogram, and represents the letters “ntr” which may have been pronounced like “neter.” 𓊹 Is also a determinative for “god.” So the “cloth on a pole 𓊹“ symbol can function as all three types of hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪. If you see this symbol, you are most likely looking at a word that has to do with the gods 𓊹𓊹𓊹!

The “shrine facade 𓉱” is both a determinative and ideogram for the word “booth.” 

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