Quadrat (hieroglyph block)

An example of five lines of text from the Rosetta Stone, (lines 9, 10, 11, 12, 13), shows a width of about six to seven virtual blocks. Line 12, (fourth line) is illustrative of the variable size, in this case the widths, of the 'virtual quadrate blocks'. :The time of the festivals are stated as: "...day 1 up to day 5...", (three blocks) N5:Z1-(day-1)-(tall-narrow-block) nfr-t:D21-(up to)-(square-block) O4*N5:Z1*Z1*Z1*Z1*Z1-(day-5)-(square-block) :The three blocks: N5:Z1-nfr-t:D21-O4*N5:Z1*Z1*Z1*Z1*Z1-(day-1-up to-day-5) In running text blocks, prepositions can sometimes start or end a block, but may be part of the next block's translation. Running texts will sometimes actually end in the very middle of the next square. This can be accomplished because some of the prepositions come in vertical and horizontal forms: O34-s-(horizontal-vert-eSSes), M-m-(horizontal-vert-eMs), N-n-(vert-horizontal-eNs) (See: N-red crown (n hieroglyph), N-water ripple (n hieroglyph)) ==Amun-Ra's block==

Most commonly in hieroglyphs, Amun is referenced without Amun-Ra. The two blocks for Amun and Amun-Ra are: M17-Y5:N35, (or M17-Y5::N35 ), and i-Y5:N35:N5*Z1. Note how the vertical hieroglyph for reed-(the i for 'Amun') is actually part of the block, though at its side. File:Egypte louvre 222 hieroglypes.jpg|Register 1, (line 1, right to left), blocks 2 and 3:Hotep, "Amun-Ra"(htp-t-p, i-mn-n-Ra-(stroke) File:Egypt Hieroglyphe6.jpg|A Ptolemy, cartouche with various quadrate blocks. File:Egypte louvre 144 hieroglyphes.jpg|Finely executed hieroglyphs in sunken relief. Line 3, 2nd block in (from left), the H-Ra-H block ==See also==