𓊃

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𓊃 U+13283, 𓊃
EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH O034
Gardiner number:O34
← 𓊂
[U+13282]
Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓊄 →
[U+13284]

Egyptian

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Glyph origin

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Representing a door bolt used in double doors. The bulges in the center kept the bolt restrained between two fastening rings on one door; slid from one end to the other, it would pass through a third fastening ring on the other door and so lock it. When summarized, the bulges could be reduced to a pair of rounded dots. This glyph was conventionally colored red. The phonogrammatic value derives by the rebus principle from its use as a logogram for z (“door bolt”).

Symbol

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z
(z, s)
  1. Uniliteral phonogram for z; after Old Egyptian, this phoneme merged with s, so that this glyph became an alternative phonogram for s.
  2. Logogram for z (“door bolt; being; type of fish”).
  3. Logogram for ḫm (“Letopolis”), by confusion with
    R22
    (𓋉).
    [since the Middle Kingdom]

Usage notes

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Homophonic to

s

(𓋴) after Old Egyptian, when the two sounds merged.

References

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  • Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 496
  • Henry George Fischer (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 12
  • Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN
  • Peust, Carsten (1999) Egyptian Phonology: An Introduction to the Phonology of a Dead Language[1], GĂśttingen: Peust und Gutschmidt Verlag GbR, page 48