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Egyptian
Glyph origin
Representing a tadpole. Because of phonetic similarity, and because Egyptian wetlands were overrun with them, the tadpole (ḥfnr) became a logogram for ḥfn (“hundred thousand”), representing underlying ḥfl.
Symbol
- Logogram for or determinative in ḥfn (“hundred thousand”).
- Determinative in ḥfnr (“tadpole”).
References
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 475
- Henry George Fischer (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN
- Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN
