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𓊗 U+13297, 𓊗
EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH O050
Gardiner number:O50
𓊖
[U+13296]
Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓊘
[U+13298]

Egyptian

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Glyph origin

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Representing a circular threshing floor covered with grain kernels. Sometimes it appears as two concentric circles, but more detailed renderings show tiny oblong kernels of grain in the inner circle and green markings on the outer circle. Late forms of the glyph render it as two short diagonal lines inside a circle. The phonogrammatic value of zp is derived by the rebus principle from its use as a determinative for a threshing floor, zpt.

Symbol

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zp
(zp)
  1. Biliteral phonogram for zp, as in zp (time).
  2. Determinative in zpt (threshing floor).
  3. Used in
    zp
    Z1 Z1
    , a logogram for zpwj snwj (twice) that also functions as an iteration mark.

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 498
  • Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN