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𓁒 U+13052, 𓁒 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH B003 Gardiner number: B3 ← 𓁑 [U+13051] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓁓 → [U+13053]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Representing a woman giving birth, in the posture that would typically be adopted by Egyptian women in such a scenario (crouching over birth bricks, though the bricks themselves are not depicted).

Symbol

1. Logogram for msj (“to give birth”).
2. Determinative for giving birth, as in msj (“to give birth”), pꜥpꜥ (“to give birth”), etc.

Alternative forms

• (𓁓)

References

• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 448
• Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN