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Egyptian
Glyph origin
This was originally three different glyphs: one representing a sandy tract of land (an island in the Nile or a sandy hill in the flood plain,
), one representing a bolt of rolled-up linen (
, variant
), and one representing a roll of bread (
, variant
(
๐)). The land glyph is generally colored reddish yellow and sometimes speckled to indicate sand.
Symbol
- (group-writing) The group constitutes a uniliteral phonogram for j, as in jrt (โYarethโ).
- Logogram for jw (โislandโ).
- Determinative for deserts and foreign countries, as in ๊ฃแธซt (โplace of sunrise/sunsetโ), แนฏแธฅnw (โLibyaโ), stt (โAsiaโ).
- Alternative form of ๐ฐ ().
- Alternative form of ๐ ().
References
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, โISBN, page 487
- Henry George Fischer (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginnerโs Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, โISBN
- Betrรฒ, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., โISBN
