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(詳細はEgyptian hieroglyph for "black" in Gardiner's sign list is numbered I6. Its phonetic value is '. The ''Wörterbuch der Aegyptischen Sprache-(Dictionary of the Egyptian Language)'' lists no less than 24 different terms of km indicating 'black' such as black stone, metal, wood, hair, eyes, and animals. 〔Wörterbuch V: 122-124)〕 The most common explanation for the hieroglyph is under the Gardiner's Sign List, section I for "amphibious animals, reptiles, etc" is a crocodile skin with spines. Rossini and Schumann-Antelme propose that the ''crocodile skin'' hieroglyph actually shows claws coming out of the hide.〔Schumann-Antelme, Rossini, ''Illustrated Hieroglyphics Handbook,'' p 140.〕 Besides 'black', the alternate use of the hieroglyph is for items terminating, coming-to-an-end, items of completion, hence a reference to charcoal, burning to its ending.〔Collier-Manley, ''How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs'', Other small signs-D8', Sign D8, crocodile skin glyph, "burning charcoal with flames", p. 138.〕 ==''km.t''== Ancient Egypt is commonly referred to as 'km.t' , believed to be a reference to the black Nile Delta earth. The determinative O49 The 198 BC Rosetta Stone uses the Black (hieroglyph) three times to make the name of Egypt: km.t. Of the 22 placename uses for the "name of ancient Egypt", 7 are for another name of Egypt as iAt- *Z2- In the Demotic (Egyptian) text of the Rosetta Stone, the demotic for Egypt is '' 'Kmi' ''. There are three uses of the actual Kmi, but 7 others referenced as Kmi refer to iAt in the hieroglyphs. Other euphemistic references to Egypt in the Rosetta Stone include "Ta-Mer-t", which has the meaning of the 'full/fruitful/cultivated land', hr-tAwy, the 'lands of Horus', and tAwy, the "Two Lands." :'' ''Kmi''—spelling-"Egypt" ''—(22 places, synchronized, Demotic–Hieroglyphs) : *''demotic''—''hieroglyphs'' *#–Kmi—Ta-Mer-t *#–Kmi—Ta-Mer-t *#–Kmi—rsy.t + mHt (i.e. South and North)(''lands'') *#–Kmi—"Hr tAwy" *#–Kmi—''kmt''-(restored) *#–Kmi—Ta-Mer-t *#–Kmi—Ta-Mer-t *#–Kmi—iAt *#–Kmi—''kmt'' *#–Kmi—"Hr tAwy" *#–Kmi—Ta-Mer-t *#–Kmi—iAt *#–Kmi—iAt *''demotic''—''hieroglyphs'' *14.–Kmi—XXXXXX-(omitted from text) *15.–Kmi—rsy.t + mHt (i.e. South and North)(''lands'') *16.–''Bki''—iAt *17.–''Kmi''—''kmt'' *18.–Kmi—iAt *19.–Kmi—tAwy *20.–Kmi—iAt *21.–Kmi—iAt *22.–Kmi—Ta-Mer-t *-- *-- *-- 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「Km (hieroglyph)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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