𓇽
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Egyptian
Glyph origin
Representing a star 𓇼 (
) in a circle, symbolically representing the world of the dead, which was in the oldest times associated with the places where the sun and stars reappeared after having been invisible.
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Symbol
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- Logogram for dwꜣt (“the Afterworld”).
- Determinative in dwꜣt (“the Afterworld”).
References
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 487
- Betrò, Maria (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN