Adze-on-block (hieroglyph)

The ancient Egyptian Adze on a Wood Block, or Axe in a Block of Wood[1] hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no.

It is used mostly in the cartouches of pharaonic names especially, or other important names.

The adze on block[2] has the Egyptian language value of stp[3] and is the verb "choose".

It is used as a determinative[4] in 'stp', "cut into pieces", and as an ideogram[5] for 'stp', "choose", "choice".

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