L7
๐ซTransliteration
Shape tags
Meanings
Representing a scorpion. The glyph as usually depicted lacks its tail and venomous stinger for superstitious reasons; this usage began in funerary texts in burial chambers but in time became standard. However, above-ground Old Kingdom examples typically show the scorpion intact, . Some of the earliest (intact) depictions are shown in profile, with all the legs on the underside; later the legs were placed on both sides, representing a more top-down view.
Logogram for srqt (โthe goddess Serqetโ).
Represents a complete word or concept
Logogram for the name of King Scorpion (reading uncertain).
Represents a complete word or concept
Classifier scorpion
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
A water scorpion (nep cinerea).
Has a specialized or contextual function
Logogram: ^srqt โ Selkis
Represents a complete word or concept
Attested Examplesfrom the TLA corpus
๐ ๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐ซ ๐๐ต๐
m rn =k ๊ฝm(.๊ฝ)-แธฅw(.t)-srq(.t) k๊ฃ-แธฅtp
In deinem Namen "Der im Haus der Selkis ist, zufriedener Ka".
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ด ๐๐ ๐ซ
๊ฝ:fแธซ n(๊ฝ).t m pแธฅ =s mr srq.(t)
Neith wird mit ihrem Hinterteil ausscheiden wie Selqet.
๐๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ซ ๐๐ป๐๐๐ด๐๐ ๐๐น
zwn.w-pr-๊ฅ๊ฃ แธซrp-srq.t zwn.w-sแธฅแธ ๊ฝr๊ฝ
Der Arzt am Palast, Magier der Selkis und Oberarzt Iri.
Source: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae corpus (CC BY-SA 4.0) โ translations in German.
Quick Info
- Gardiner Code
- L7
- Unicode
- U+131AB
- Category
- L
- Meanings
- 5
- Transliterations
- 5
- Source
- both
- Text examples
- 3
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