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𓆀 U+13180, 𓆀 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH H002 Gardiner number: H2 ← 𓅿 [U+1317F] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓆁 → [U+13181]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Representing the head of a crested heron, although possibly originally of a duck, given that there is a word for duck mꜣꜥ, in which case the phonogrammatic value of mꜣꜥ could derive from that word.

Symbol

(wšm, pꜣq, mꜣꜥ)

1. Triliteral phonogram or phonetic determinative for wšm, as in wšm (“ear of corn”).
2. Triliteral phonogram, replacing (𓆁), for pꜣq in pꜣqt (“fine linen”). [since the 12th Dynasty]
3. Phonetic determinative for mꜣꜥ, as in mꜣꜥ (“temple”).

References

• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 474
• Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN