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Egyptian
Glyph origin
Originally representing the plan of a fortified brick enclosure with buttresslike projections. Very early this signification was forgotten and the glyph was reinterpreted as a wall. A horizontal variant
is also found. Compare the Chinese character
ε.
Symbol
- Logogram for or determinative in jnb (βwallβ).
- Determinative for walls, as in wmtt (βfortification, bulwarkβ), snb (βto overleap (a wall)β).
References
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, βISBN, page 496
- BetrΓ², Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., βISBN
