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The ancient Egyptian Emblem of the East, Gardiner sign listed no. R15, is a portrayal of a ''standard, surmounted by the "Symbol of the East"''; the hieroglyph is a member of the Gardiner signs for ''temple furniture and emblems''. The ''Emblem of the East'' is used by the Goddess Iabet. Her companion goddess is the Goddess Amunet, represented by the ''Emblem of the West.'' The emblem for 'East' is an ideogram in the Egyptian language word ''i3bt'', for "east"; it is also used for ''i3by'', meaning ''"left"''. The symbol for the 'West'-(=''"right"'') was considered 'good', and thus the East symbol sometimes symbolized the opposite of good, evil. However, the sun rises in the East, thus the solar cult often used the symbol.〔Betrò, 1995, p. 212.〕 ==See also== *Emblem of the West *Gardiner's Sign List#R. Temple Furniture and Sacred Emblems *Goddess Iabet File:Karnak Khonsou 080522.jpg|Relief showing Emblem of the East, and Emblem of the West File:IvoryLabelOfDen-BritishMuseum-August19-08.jpg|Label of Pharaoh Den 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Emblem of the East」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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