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H8

H8

egg
H·Parts of birds·U+13187·both

Transliteration

zꜣsꜣmrwtpꜥt4swḥt
phonogramlogogramdeterminativeother

Shape tags

egg

Meanings

Representing an egg. Compare the Chinese character 卵. As a determinative in pꜥt (“patricians”), it may have originally been a different glyph, a clod of earth. This glyph was conventionally colored white or yellow, reflecting the creamy color of ostrich or goose eggs.

phonogramRepresents a sound or phonetic value

1. Phonogram: mrwt

logogramRepresents a complete word or concept

1. Logogram for zꜣ (“son”) by conflation with zꜣ ()

2. Logogram (son)

3. Logogram: sꜣ — son

determinativeClarifies the meaning of other signs

1. Determinative in swḥt (“egg”).

2. Determinative in names of goddesses.

3. Determinative in pꜥt (“patricians”).

4. Determinative: šwḥt — egg

5. Determinative: pꜥt — patricians

otherHas a specialized or contextual function

1. An egg.

Words Using This Glyph

M17
Y5N35
B39A
X1H8
i͗mntNOUN

Amunet

D60D36
M17M17
X1
H8
wꜥbwtNOUN

meat offerings

W11
N35N35
H8
gnnNOUN

soft part (of resins)

D52H8
mtNOUN

bolus, lump, pill, suppository

O34D21
H8
srNOUN

a medical condition (of male genitalia)

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Appears in

A114B

A114B

logogram

Man and his occupations

pꜥt
A114

A114

phonogram

Man and his occupations

pꜥt
A114A

A114A

phonogram

Man and his occupations

pat
C202

C202

Anthropomorphic deities

D48A

D48A

phonogram

Parts of the human body

ḥnḥnt
D182A

D182A

Parts of the human body

D211

D211

phonogram

Parts of the human body

mmwt
D267

D267

phonogram

Parts of the human body

ḥnt
D330

D330

phonogram

Parts of the human body

ḏbꜣ
D359

D359

Parts of the human body

D370

D370

Parts of the human body

H34

H34

logogram

Parts of birds

i͗myw.swḥt
H46

H46

phonogram

Parts of birds

dwꜣw
U99A

U99A

phonogram

Agriculture, crafts, and professions

nḥp
V54

V54

logogram

Rope, fibre, baskets, bags, etc.

dmi͗/ḫꜣdb

Related Glyphs

H1

H1

phonogram

Parts of birds

ꜣpdꜣpdwwšn
H2

H2

phonogram

Parts of birds

mꜣꜥwšmpꜣq+1 more
H2A

H2A

logogram

Parts of birds

ꜣḫ
H3

H3

phonogram

Parts of birds

pꜣqpꜣḳpq
H4

H4

phonogram

Parts of birds

rmṯnrrm

Royal Names Using This Glyph

Siptah
1197 BC–1191 BC
Smendes I
1077 BC–1051 BC
Siamun
986 BC–967 BC
Shoshenq I★ Notable
943 BC–922 BC
Osorkon II
872 BC–837 BC
Osorkon III
798 BC–769 BC
Darius I
522 BC–486 BC
Ptolemy VI
180 BC–145 BC
Ptolemy IX
Non-consecutive periods
Ptolemy X
Non-consecutive periods

This glyph appears in 14 royal names.

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