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𓇽 U+131FD, 𓇽 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH N015 Gardiner number: N15 ← 𓇼 [U+131FC] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓇾 → [U+131FE]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Representing a star 𓇼 () in a circle, symbolically representing the world of the dead, which was in the oldest times associated with the places where the sun and stars reappeared after having been invisible.

Symbol

1. Logogram for dwꜣt (“the Afterworld”).
2. Determinative in dwꜣt (“the Afterworld”).

References

• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 487
• Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN