Incense burner: arm (hieroglyph)
# Incense burner: arm (hieroglyph)

Incense censer (horizontal, as ~arm) :

Egyptian hieroglyphs :

The ancient Egyptian Incense burner: arm is a horizontal hieroglyph representing various types of horizontal tools used to offer, and burn incense. In tomb scenes, it is sometimes depicted with a little cup-shaped box attached for keeping incense on the top surface; the person making the offering is occasionally seen holding an incense grain-pellet with lines of incense, or linked grains-in-a-line, which are equivalent to drifting smoke.

Incense was used from the beginning dynasties of Ancient Egypt.

The horizontal incense burner is a determinative in Egyptian language k3p, for "incense, to make smoke". The phonetic value of the hieroglyph is kp.

## Incense burner: pot

Common Incense Burner: Pot :

Egyptian hieroglyphs :

* Medinet Habu
* Amenirdis I
* Censer arm artefact
* Incense-smoke with "grains"-of-incense
