𓆋
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Egyptian
Glyph origin
Representing a crocodile on a shrine. Older variants lack the shrine and instead depict the crocodile as a cult image (fetish) or a mummified crocodile, with only its head emerging from a wrapping of bandages or a sudarium: 𓆍 (
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Symbol
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- Logogram for sbk (“Sobek”).
- Determinative in sbk (“Sobek”).
References
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 475
- Betrò, Maria (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN