Alan GardinerIn existographies, Alan Gardiner (1879-1963) was an English Egyptologist, linguist, and philologist, noted for []

Overview
In c.1916, Gardiner, supposedly, conjectured, in rather weak terms, that the “N” derives from a Proto-Sinaitic text snake like symbol.

Some cite Gardiner as being the source for the conjecture that the animal head on the was scepter is the “Set animal”, i.e. the animal-human form of the god Set.

External links
Alan Gardiner – Wikipedia.

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