Water-jugs-in-stand (hieroglyph)



The ancient Egyptian Water-jugs-in-stand hieroglyph, is Gardiner sign listed no. W17, W18, within the Gardiner signs for vessels of stone and earthenware.

The hieroglyph is used as an ideogram in (kh)nt-(ḫnt), for 'a stand (for vases)'. It is also used phonetically for (ḫnt).

Egyptian "khenti"
The water-jugs-in-stand hieroglyph is often written with the complement of three other hieroglyphs, the water ripple,, bread bun,  , and two strokes,  , to make the Egyptian language word foremost, khenti. The complete composition block is:

As Egyptian "khenti", foremost is used extensively to refer to gods, often in charge of a region, or position, as foremost of xxxx. Anubis, or Osiris are often referred to as "Foremost", or "Chief" of the 'western cemetery', (where the sun sets).