𓆑

𓆑 U+13191, 𓆑 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH I009 Gardiner number: I9 ← 𓆐 [U+13190] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓆒 → [U+13192]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Representing a horned viper. The hieratic Treatise on Ophiology provides a description: ‘Its color is similar to that of the quail; it has two horns on its forehead; the head is broad, the neck narrow, and the tail thick.’ This glyph was conventionally colored yellow. The phonogrammatic value of f is derived by the rebus principle from the word for a viper, ft (Demotic fy).

Symbol

(f)

1. Uniliteral phonogram for f, as in .f and f.
2. Logogram for ft (“horned viper”).
3. Used with unclear signification in the word jt (“father”).

References

• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 476
• 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
• Peust, Carsten (1999) Egyptian Phonology: An Introduction to the Phonology of a Dead Language‎^[1], Göttingen: Peust und Gutschmidt Verlag GbR, page 48