𓊅
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Egyptian
Glyph origin
Originally representing the plan of a fortified brick enclosure with buttresslike projections. Very early this signification was forgotten and the glyph was reinterpreted as a wall. A horizontal variant
is also found. Compare the Chinese character 囗.
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Symbol
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- Logogram for or determinative in jnb (“wall”).
- Determinative for walls, as in wmtt (“fortification, bulwark”), snb (“to overleap (a wall)”).
References
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 496
- Betrò, Maria (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN