𓎼
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Egyptian
editGlyph origin
editRepresenting a ringstand for holding pots and jars. The Old Kingdom version most frequently had a flat bottom and top:
(𓎽). The curved form developed later, with rare examples first surfacing during the 6th Dynasty. The body of the glyph was conventionally colored red; the triangle in the center was conventionally white. The reason for its phonogrammatic value of g is unknown.
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Symbol
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- Uniliteral phonogram for g.
- Logogram for or determinative in nst (“throne”).
- Logogram for or determinative in dšrt (“red pot”), by conflation with
(𓎾). - Occasional determinative in jpt (“inner chambers”), by confusion with
(𓊒). [18th Dynasty]
References
edit- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 529
- Henry George Fischer (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 14
- Peust, Carsten (1999) Egyptian Phonology: An Introduction to the Phonology of a Dead Language[1], Göttingen: Peust und Gutschmidt Verlag GbR, page 48
- David Nunn, A Palaeography of Polychrome Hieroglyphs (2020)