Hieroglyphs

Was Sceptre was	The was sceptre consisted of a straight shaft forked at the base and topped with an angled transverse section, often shaped as teh head of a fabulous creature. One theory suggests that the forked section represents an animal's legs with the central shaft as the body or elongated neck (like a giraffe). The head is the only part that is ever depicted with detailed features. The sign was used with the connotation of dominion and power and it was carried by deities as a symbol of their power. The sceptre was also used decoratively - most commonly as a support for the sky and in combination with other symbols like the ankh.
Water Jar heset	A natural symbol of life as well as of cleansing, water was used in the temple and mortuary cults as an offering and for purification. The vessels used as containers were very specific, consisting of tall, narow jars with the base normally narrower than the top so that they could be placed in ring stands or racks. The wavy line is a common device for depicting water issuing from the neck of the vessel. Water, and therefore jars of water, could represent the god Osiris, just as earth could symbolize Isis.
Wedjat Eye wedjat	The sun and moon were orignially regarded as the eyes of the great falcon god Horus. Eventually the two eyes came to have separate meanings - the left eye (the "Eye of Horus") symbolizing the moon and the right eye (the "Eye of Re") being that of the sun. There is a mythological story that tells how the Eye of Horus was damaged and then healed. This reflects the waning and waxing of the moon and the name wedjat probably means "the whole or restored one". The composition of the hieroglyph is not fully understood but it seems to consist of a human eye with the distinctive cheek marking of a falcon. The angled "tear line" ending in a spiral is similar to that found on a cheetah - also associated with the heavens by virtue of the star-like pattern of its coat. The eye was a protective device and a window on the world for the deceased.
The West imenet	This hieroglyph also appears in simplified form without the falcon - just a feather on a pole with a rounded top. The symbol represented Amentet, the land of the west where the sun set and where the deceased found afterlife. The full form of the symbol consists of a solar falcon on a plumed pole. It appears in the Papyrus of Hunefer mounted on the sign for mountain and horizon and flanked on both sides by hieroglyphs for food and drink. The composite picture represents the provision for Hunefer in the afterlife.
Wing djeneh	An ancient Egyptian concept of the cosmos compared the heavens to the wings of a great falcon whos eyes were the sun and moon and whose speckled underside was the starry sky. This was Horus, the falcon-shaped god whose wings may be seen in the First Dynasty tomb of King Djet. The wings are shown attached to the solar barque. By the time of the Fifth Dynasty when the importance of solar worship developed, a sun disk appeared between the two wings and became attributes of the sun god Re. The association with Horus was not lost, especially in the form of the composite deity, Re-Herakhty. In later periods the winged sun disk occurs as a protective symbol above the entrance doors of temples and their inner rooms and also along the axis of the temple roof as a symbol of the daily passage of the sun. Wings are also shown as attributes of other deities, such as the god Bes or on the protective wedjat eye.