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Horizontal "Arm-with-Bread-cone" hieroglyph

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The bread-cone hieroglyph Gardiner no. X8,
X8
is used extensively in reliefs with statements before Pharaoh-Kings or Gods, etc. It seems, somewhat obvious, that the "hieroglyph" was invented, basically for that purpose. Often the statement before the Pharaoh goes: ....Given Life, Power, Dominion...Ra-Like, Forever.-(All vertical signs, or a composition block(for Forever)) ("Di ankh, was, djed...Ra-Ma..Tjet")
The horizontal arm, Gardiner no. D37,
D37
, has its other specific uses--
Changing importance to MID.....(from the HotSonoranDesert, ArizonaUSA)