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Egyptian
Glyph origin
Representing a buzzard.
Symbol
(tjw)
- Triliteral phonogram for tjw.
Usage notes
This glyph should not be confused with the extremely similar
(
๐ฟ, a vulture); see that entry for more.
References
- Nina Davies, Picture Writing in Ancient Egypt (1958): "Pl. IV, 1. Egyptian Vulture. Phonetic ๊ฃ 'vulture' (G1). From the tomb of Rekhmire (no. 100). White ground. Although the bird in outline differs little from the long-legged buzzard (G4, our Pl. IV, 3) with which the Egyptians sometimes confused it, there is no resemblance in the painted examples and these do not vary."
- David Nunn, A Palaeography of Polychrome Hieroglyphs (Universitรฉ Libre de Bruxelles - Facultรฉ de Philosophie et Sciences sociales, 2020)
