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Egyptian[edit]
Glyph origin[edit]
This was originally three different glyphs: one representing a sandy tract of land (an island in the Nile or a sandy hill in the flood plain,
), one representing a bolt of rolled-up linen (
, variant
), and one representing a roll of bread (
, variant
(
𓏒)). The land glyph is generally colored reddish yellow and sometimes speckled to indicate sand.
- (group-writing) The group constitutes a uniliteral phonogram for j, as in jrt (“Yareth”).
- Logogram for jw (“island”).
- Determinative for deserts and foreign countries, as in ꜣḫt (“place of sunrise/sunset”), ṯḥnw (“Libya”), stt (“Asia”).
- Alternative form of 𓋰 ().
- Alternative form of 𓏒 ().
References[edit]
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 487
- Henry George Fischer (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN
- Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN
