𓇅

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𓇅 U+131C5, 𓇅
EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH M013
Gardiner number:M13
𓇄
[U+131C4]
Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓇆
[U+131C6]

Egyptian

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Glyph origin

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Representing a highly stylized papyrus stem with umbel. Archaic forms of the glyph show a sheath of tall projecting leaves at the base of the stem as well as narrow outer leaves at the base of the umbel; occasionally this persisted even into the Old Kingdom and later. This glyph was conventionally colored green. The phonogrammatic value derives by the rebus principle from its use as a logogram for wꜣḏ (papyrus stem).

Symbol

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wAD
(wꜣḏ, wḏ)
  1. Triliteral phonogram for wꜣḏ, as in wꜣḏ (to be(come) green).
  2. Biliteral phonogram for wḏ by conflation with
    wD
    (𓎗), as in swḏ (to bequeath).
    [Since the Middle Kingdom]
  3. Logogram for or determinative in wꜣḏ (papyrus stem).

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 480
  • 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