sSmw

 

Occurrences on Diagonal Star Tables
K K0 K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 (K6) (K7) K8 K9 K10 K11
Legend
  Present
( ) Absent because the table ended, is fragmentary or is damaged
  Absent for unknown reasons, never was present

 

This decan is sometimes written Ssmw, and some authors (Leitz 1995) read it as mDd from the hieroglyph with two v-shaped stakes tied together (Gardiner Code Aa23) used in K3, K5, K8, and K9.  The decan only occurs in the K decan list.  The appearance of this decan is indeed the clue that suggests K9 belongs to the K family of tables.  In the other K tables, the decan appears in four cells in K1 and five in K2.  It forms diagonals starting at (5,12) in K3, (6,12) in K4, (10,8) in K5, (8,10) in K8, and (8,9) in K10.  It appears twice in K11. The other two K tables do not preserve the decan.

 

Ideal K

Ideal K

K0

K0

K1

K1

K2

K2

K3

K3

K4

K4

K5

K5

K6

K6

K7

K7

K8

K8

K9

K9

K10

K10

K11

K11

 

Legend
  Ordinary decan
  Triangle decan

 

Epigraphy on Diagonal Star Tables

The drawings below have been made directly from the source (K10) photographs of the sources (K4K8, K9) or re-drawn from EAT1 (K0, K1, K2, K3) and Lapp (K5).

K0 K1 K2 K3
 K0 K1 K2 K3
K4 K5 K8 K9
 K4 K5 K8 K9
K10
K10