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Egyptian
Glyph origin
Representing a foot. Originally (during the 1st Dynasty) this hieroglyph was very short, showing little above the truncated foot; it later grew taller, but even during the Middle Kingdom it was frequently shorter than the full height of a line. This glyph was conventionally colored red.
Symbol
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(b)
- Uniliteral phonogram for b.
- Logogram for bw (“place, thing”).
References
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 457
- Fischer, Henry (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN
- Peust, Carsten (1999) Egyptian Phonology: An Introduction to the Phonology of a Dead Language, Göttingen: Peust und Gutschmidt Verlag GbR, page 48