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𓊁 U+13281, 𓊁 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH O033 Gardiner number: O33 EGPZ 1.0: 58028 ← 𓊀 [U+13280] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓊂 → [U+13282]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Representing a façade of a palace or tomb.

Symbol

1. Used to mark the name of a king, initially by being written next to it; since the middle Naqada III period, it was instead attached to a rectangular enclosure that contained the royal name, particularly the Horus name. [Since c. 3400 BCE]
2. Logogram for srḫ (“serekh”).
3. Determinative in srḫ (“serekh”).

References

• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 496

Further reading

• Serekh on Wikipedia.Wikipedia