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Egyptian
Glyph origin
This sign does not actually exist in hieroglyphic text; it is an artificial glyph used for transcribing a hieratic character deriving from the convergence of the hieratic forms of
and
. Compare the further simplified Demotic form of the character,
or
.
Symbol
- Used in transcribing hieratic signs into hieroglyphs in cases where it is not clear whether a given hieratic sign represents (šn) or (sn). See 𓍲 or 𓌢 for usage.
References
- Černý, Jaroslav; Israelit-Groll, Sarah; Eyre, Christopher (1993) A Late Egyptian Grammar, fourth edition, pages 3–4