[meteorite-list] Egyptian Hieroglyph for "heavenly iron" and"heavenly stone"

[Gerald Flaherty]

Wow what great information!
Jerry Flaherty
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From: <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 4:32 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Egyptian Hieroglyph for "heavenly iron" 
and"heavenly stone"


> Darren inquired:
>
> "Also, does anyone have an image of the hieroglyph
> for 'heavenly iron' mentioned in that article?"
>
> Hello Darren and List,
>
> The Ancient Egyptian hieroglyph for meteoritic iron is rendered by the
> following eight signs: leg - flowering reed - Egyptian vulture - tusk
> of an elephant - ripple of water - sky - sand grain - and finally three
> vertical strokes to indicate a grammatical plural => sand grains and the
> symbols should be read as: bjaa-n-pt.
>
> Let's now look at the three hieroglyphic symbols for a meteoritic stone:
>
> a well full of water, a leg, and a garden pool.
>
> This word is pronounced exactly like the above word for meteoritic iron 
> but
> without the 'n-pt' syllable. It can also stand for the words 'hematite' or
> 'magnetite'. Until 1987, the front cover of METEORITICS showed a logo in 
> the
> lower right corner which was meant to be a graphic representation of the 
> word
> 'meteorite' but it was misspelled and resembled more the ancient Egyptian 
> word
> for 'iron ore' or 'telluric iron', which is pronounced exactly the same 
> way (=> bjaa).
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bernd
>
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