The desire to fly resides deep in humankind. The sound of H is derived from the sigh of the wind. Minuscule letter h pictures a common hut with a plume of smoke rising from the smoke hole. The minuscule letter h represents an earthly human habitation. The majuscule letter H represents the vault of heaven supported by the four winds. The majuscule letters are heaven symbols. The minuscule letter h is a picture of a hut. The image above Assur's throne is a stylized version of the winged sun-disk, uraeus. The above version of the Judgment Scene is from the Egyptian Book of the Dead. The (majuscule) capital letter H depicts the vault-of-heaven canopy over the Judgment Scene. That canopy represents the vault of heaven supported by the four winds. The details vary from one version to another, but there is always a canopy. In the classical Judgment Scene, Assur's throne rests under a canopy. (Common folks and ordinary soldiers didn't get official 'burials.') Many beautifully illustrated versions of the Judgment Scene have come down to us from the tombs of royal persons and powerful citizens. The Judgment Scene was a part of every official 'burial' in Egypt from the beginning to the end. There are many versions of the Judgment Scene. In the classical Judgment Scene, Assur renders judgment of all under heaven.

Symbolism of letter h