𓆆
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Egyptian
Glyph origin
Representing a bird’s clawed foot.
Symbol
(šꜣt)
- Triliteral phonogram for šꜣt, as in šꜣt (“talon; land of Shat”).
- Logogram for pḏ (“span”) in the units of measurement pḏ ꜥꜣ and pḏ nḏs. [New Kingdom]
- Determinative in jꜣft (“talon”). [Pyramid Texts]
References
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 474