𓈇
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Egyptian
Glyph origin
Representing an irrigation canal. In hieroglyphic text, this glyph developed from a variant of
(𓈘) in the 11th Dynasty, which in turn had partly supplanted
(𓈆), its variants
(𓈅) and
(𓈄), and
(𓐚) in the 8th Dynasty. However, in hieratic, a glyph much like this one was already in use since the Old Kingdom. Ultimately, the glyph
remained in use through the 18th Dynasty, when it was largely again supplanted by
(𓈅) as a determinative for land.
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As part of a determinative for time, this glyph instead developed from
(𓐅), which became conflated with the irrigation-canal glyph.
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Symbol
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- Determinative for irrigated land, as in tꜣ (“land”).
- Used in
, a determinative for time, as in tr (“season”), rk (“time”). [11th–12th Dynasty]
- Used in
, a composite determinative for bodies of water. [since the 18th Dynasty]
References
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 488, 490
- Fischer, Henry (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 35
- Betrò, Maria (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN