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Egyptian
Glyph origin
Representing a plan of a walled rectangular enclosure, with the smaller rectangle representing the roofed living quarters.
Symbol
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(ḥwt)
- Triliteral phonogram for ḥwt, as in ḥwt (“verse”), ḥwtt (“quarry”).
- Logogram for ḥwt (“large building”).
References
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 493
- Betrò, Maria (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN