hieroglyph

Example Sentences

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A vulture is used as the hieroglyph for mother, mut being the word for them both, and for the mother goddess of Thebes.

From Salon • May 11, 2025

Some other holes were tagged with the Nefer hieroglyph, the symbol for “good”; perhaps some benefit accrued to pieces that landed there, Carter speculated.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 26, 2019

Bees are a hieroglyph that occurs as parts of titles of state, and depictions of horizontal hives decorate some tomb walls.

From The Guardian • May 24, 2017

“Udjat,” first presented in 1985, is named after the Egyptian sacred eye hieroglyph, which represents completeness and is an apt symbol for Ms. Osserman’s impressive artistic milestone.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2016

He halted and dropped to one knee, scratching the hieroglyph of the pintail duck in the dust with his finger.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw