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Egyptian
Glyph origin
Representing a sandy tongue of land. The sand is sometimes represented as speckles across the glyph. This was the Old Kingdom precursor to both
(
π) and
(
π
).
Symbol
(wαΈb)
- Triliteral phonogram for wαΈb.
- Determinative in wαΈb (βsandbank, shoreβ).
- Determinative for land, as in κ₯αΈ₯t (βfieldβ).
References
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, βISBN, page 488