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Representing the head of the vulture
(
𓅐,
Gyps fulvus). The phonogrammatic value of
nr is derived by the
rebus principle from the word for vulture,
nrt.
(nr)
- Phonetic determinative for nr.
- Used as a cryptograph for rmṯ (“people”). [since the 18th Dynasty]
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 474
- Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN