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The hieroglyph known as E4 in the British Museum system and S40 in the Gardiner Classification depicts the w3s sceptre which appears in paintings being held by gods and goddesses. It is a three consonant hieroglyph: w+3+s.
This sceptre as a hieroglyph signifies dominion, authority or lordship; it can also mean simply"sceptre". It is referred to by Egyptologists as the was sceptre, since the Egyptian guttural consonant 3 is almost impossible for English speakers to pronounce.
The link below takes you to an image of a gold plaque showing king Amenemhet IV making an offering to the god Atum, who holds a typical was sceptre with a jackal head at its top and a forked end. The shaft of the sceptre is sometimes shown as wavy rather than straight.
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this link has got all letters in hieroglyphics http://www.jimloy.com/hiero/yourname.htm
Who deciphered hieroglyphics in 1822?
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