representing l on a cartouche of Alexander the Great Representing a recumbent lion. This glyph was conventionally colored yellow. The phonogrammatic value of rw derives by the rebus principle from its use as a logogram for rw ( “ lion ” ) .
rw )Biliteral phonogram for rw .( later ) Uniliteral phonogram for r , sometimes representing /l/.Triliteral phonogram for šnꜥ , through confusion with hieratic (𓍁 Logogram for rw ( “ lion ” ) . Logogram for mꜣj ( “ lion ” ) . Gardiner, Alan (1957 ) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs , third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN page 460 Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995 ) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto , Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN 
