𓆇
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Egyptian
Glyph origin
Representing an egg. Compare the Chinese character 卵. As a determinative in pꜥt (“patricians”), it may have originally been a different glyph, a clod of earth.
Symbol
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- (in hieratic texts) Logogram for zꜣ (“son”) by conflation with
(𓅭) [19th Dynasty]
- Determinative in swḥt (“egg”).
- Determinative in names of goddesses.
- Determinative in pꜥt (“patricians”).
References
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 474
- Betrò, Maria (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN