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𓏛 U+133DB, 𓏛 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH Y001 Gardiner number: Y1 ← 𓏚 [U+133DA] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓏜 → [U+133DC]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Representing a papyrus roll, tied and sealed, showing the ends of the strings; a later development of (𓏝). Sometimes oriented vertically, (𓏜).

Symbol

(mḏꜣt)

1. Logogram for mḏꜣt (“book”). [since the 12th Dynasty]
2. Phonogram for mḏꜣt. [since the 12th Dynasty]
3. Determinative for writing and written things, as in zẖꜣ (“to write”), mdwt (“words”). [since the 12th Dynasty]
4. Determinative for abstract notions, as in mꜣꜥt (“truth”), rḫ (“to know”). [since the 12th Dynasty]
5. Logogram for dmḏ (“total”) (in mathematical books and accounts). [since the 12th Dynasty]

References

• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 533
• Henry George Fischer (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 51