𓎼

𓎼 U+133BC, 𓎼 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH W011 Gardiner number: W11 ← 𓎻 [U+133BB] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓎽 → [U+133BD]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Representing a ringstand for holding pots and jars. The Old Kingdom version most frequently had a flat bottom and top: (𓎽). The curved form developed later, with rare examples first surfacing during the 6th Dynasty. The body of the glyph was conventionally colored red; the triangle in the center was conventionally white. The reason for its phonogrammatic value of g is unknown.

Symbol

(g)

1. Uniliteral phonogram for g.
2. Logogram for or determinative in nst (“throne”).
3. Logogram for or determinative in dšrt (“red pot”), by conflation with (𓎾).
4. Occasional determinative in jpt (“inner chambers”), by confusion with (𓊒). [18th Dynasty]

References

• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 529
• Henry George Fischer (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 14
• Peust, Carsten (1999) Egyptian Phonology: An Introduction to the Phonology of a Dead Language‎^[1], Göttingen: Peust und Gutschmidt Verlag GbR, page 48
• David Nunn, A Palaeography of Polychrome Hieroglyphs (2020)