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𓋴

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𓋴 U+132F4, 𓋴
EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH S029
Gardiner number:S29
𓋳
[U+132F3]
Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓋵
[U+132F5]

Egyptian

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Glyph origin

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A picture of a folded cloth. This glyph was conventionally colored red. The original word behind the phonogrammatic value s is unknown.

Symbol

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S29
(s)
  1. Uniliteral phonogram for s; after Old Egyptian, as s and z merged, it could also be a phonogram for old z.
  2. Logogram for s (vessel of gold).
  3. Abbreviation for snb (health) in the formula ꜥnḫ wḏꜣ snb (life, prosperity, health).

Usage notes

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Homophonic to

z

(𓊃) after Old Egyptian, when the two sounds merged.

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 507
  • Peust, Carsten (1999) Egyptian Phonology: An Introduction to the Phonology of a Dead Language[1], Göttingen: Peust und Gutschmidt Verlag GbR, page 48