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𓄑 U+13111, 𓄑 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH F018 Gardiner number: F18 ← 𓄐 [U+13110] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓄒 → [U+13112]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

This glyph was conventionally colored white. Due to this, it is generally taken to represent a tusk, but one variant (in the Temple of Sety I at Abydos is green instead, perhaps indicating it had been reinterpreted as a copper water spout there.

Symbol

(bḥ)

1. A glyph, used in writing e.g. bḥ (“a kind of plant”).

References

• David Nunn, A Palaeography of Polychrome Hieroglyphs (Université Libre de Bruxelles - Faculté de Philosophie et Sciences sociales, 2020)