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The Hippopotamus (hieroglyph) is Gardiner sign listed no. E25, in the category of ''mammals''. It is used in Egyptian hieroglyphs as a determinative in words designating the animal, in Egyptian as ''db'', and ''kh3b''.〔Betrò, 1995. ''Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt,'' p. 99.〕 The hieroglyph shows the massiveness of the hippo's body, on its short legs. In Late Period Egypt, it was also used for words related to ''"heavy"'' (namely ''dns'', ''udn''-(wdn).〔Betrò, 1995. p. 99.〕 ==Palermo Stone usage, 2392 BC== On the ''Palermo piece''-(obverse) of the 7-piece Palermo Stone of the 24th to 23rd century BC, it can be found in a ''year-register'' claiming the ''King (pharaoh) went on a hippopotamus hunt'' (using the Hide with arrow (hieroglyph)). 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「Hippopotamus (hieroglyph)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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