: iskeluni-(using hieroglyphs
n, and
two-determ. The
ancient language hilly land hieroglyph has three major uses: :1 – hill country, or hills :2 – a reference to arid,
desert land :3 –
Determinative, for foreign lands The language meaning of the hieroglyph is as an
ideogram or a determinative in the word
khast (khaset), and is often translated as hilly land, desert, foreign land, or district.
Use as determinative in hieroglyphs. (from
Merneptah Stele) One major use of the hill-country hieroglyph is as the determinative for land, but especially the names of foreign lands. For example in the
Merneptah Stele, foreign lands are mentioned, including the name of
Hatti.
Partial list with land determinative List of uses of the
foreign land determinative: β’
Ashkelon β’
Canaan β’
Hatti β’
Retjenu β’
Parthia πͺππππ―π,
p-rw-t-i-wκ£ β’
Kingdom of Kush π‘πΏππ,
kκ£Ε‘ File:Darius I statue Parthia.jpg|Parthia (
πͺππππ―π,
P-rw-t-i-wκ£), as one of the 24 subjects of the Achaemenid Empire, in the Egyptian
Statue of Darius I. File:Darius I statue Bactria.jpg| Darius I statue Gandhara.jpg| Darius I statue India.jpg| ==The Nine bows (foreigners or rebels)==