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Tuesday, April 12, 2022 B
Neit's Tapestry Has Just Begun!
9:42pm
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To begin, I laid Neit's medallion on the canvas and lightly traced.
From there, I began to edit that trace. Stitching the outlines, I edited still further.
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Friday, April 15, 2022
Neit Has a Face!
2:56pm
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What colors to make her collar???
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Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Neit Has Arms and a Dress!
6:47am
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Now that her dress color has been established, what colors to make her collar???
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Saturday, April 23, 2022
Neit Has a Colorful Collar!
7:18am
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Soon, I'll start thinking about border!
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Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Hieroglyphs for Neit
6:06am
Julia asked if I was going to put the hieroglyphs for Neit in the upper right hand corner of her tapestry. I might have room, particularly if I do a more simplified name.
So I did some research on how Neit's name was spelled. There's a bit of variety, from more thorough to more short.
One of the most thorough ways is in Nefertari's beautiful tomb:
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Screen capture from kairuinfo4u
One glyph less (the zig zag 'N') in Seti's tomb:
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Screen capture from kairuinfo4u
And still more simpler:
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Screen capture from CESRA Academy
And the simplest:
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Screen capture from CESRA Academy, Outer Coffin of Isetemkheb,
(Royal Cache TT 320, Deir el-Bahari), Egyptian Museum, CG 610031
So what IS that symbol? Is it a loom or is it a shield? Neit does have more war-like symbols, two crossed arrows on a pole or crossed arrows and bows, from her earliest representations. But I'm inclined to think this symbol used in New Kingdom or later depictions is a loom:
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Screen capture from Ancient Egyptian Shields and their Handles: A Functional Explanation of New Kingdom Developments, by
Nick Wernick
The typical shield (adapted from Oriental Institute Epigraphic Survey, Medinet Habu 1, Pls. 34 and 39)
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Screen capture from Ancient Egyptian and
Greek Looms, by H. Ling Roth
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From Old Kingdom hieroglyphic symbol for Neith.
Gardiner's sign list R25
(The more common loom symbol is Gardiner's sign list R24)
As a creator goddess, Neit weaves the world into being.
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Thursday, May 12, 2022
Neit is Ready to Hem!
6:56am
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I'm envisioning a garland of garnets, amethysts and peridot surrounding her.
Later Note:
Here's the finished view, complete with pendants:
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I was going to have peridots, but they were too tiny, too tiny even for the beading needle. So I substituted greenish hued tourmalines. The rosy red beads are also tourmaline. The dark red is garnet and the dark purple is amethyst. The Nit pendant is one I've had for a while, suspended from a ribbon, by On the Temple Steps.
I took some inspiration from the way I did Nebthet's tapestry, using the tiny 'pips' and a similar border.
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