M23

M23

𓇓
MΒ·Trees and plants

Transliteration

swnswtswt𓇔𓇗n(.y)-sw.tnswnsw-bjtjs
phonogramotherlogogram

Shape tags

Variants (1)

Meanings

An image of a sedge plant. Distinguished from 𓇑 only by the number of leaves.

1
phonogram

Biliteral phonogram for sw.

Represents a sound or phonetic value

2
other

Ideogram for nswt (β€œking”) and swt (β€œsedge”).

Has a specialized or contextual function

3
other

Sometimes used in place of the similar signs 𓇔 and 𓇗.

Has a specialized or contextual function

4
logogram

Logogram (king of Upper Egypt)

Represents a complete word or concept

5
other

A sedge.

Has a specialized or contextual function

6
logogram

Logogram: Swt β€” sedge

Represents a complete word or concept

7
logogram

Logogram: Nsw β€” king of Upper Egypt

Represents a complete word or concept

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logogram

Logogram: Nsw-bjtj β€” king of Upper and Lower Egypt

Represents a complete word or concept

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phonogram

Phonogram: Sw

Represents a sound or phonetic value

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phonogram

Phonogram: S

Represents a sound or phonetic value

Attested Examplesfrom the TLA corpus

𓉐𓇓𓏏

pr-nzw

KΓΆnigspalast

2800 BCE – 2650 BCEearlier Egyptian

π“Š• 𓇓𓏏

nαΈ«n nzw

Lagerplatz des KΓΆnigs

2800 BCE – 2650 BCEearlier Egyptian

𓅝 π“Ž 𓇓𓅱

ḏαΈ₯w.tꞽ ꞽniΜ― sw

Thot, hole ihn.

2278 BCE – 2184 BCEearlier Egyptian

Source: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae corpus (CC BY-SA 4.0) β€” translations in German.