N18

N18

sandy tract
N·Sky, earth, water·U+13200·both

Transliteration

jwjrtstt1ṯḥnwḤr.ꜣḫtjꜣḫtꜥḫtdꜣi͗w
phonogramlogogramdeterminativeother

Shape tags

Variants (4)

Meanings

This was originally three different glyphs: one representing a sandy tract of land (an island in the Nile or a sandy hill in the flood plain, N18N18), one representing a bolt of rolled-up linen ( , variant ), and one representing a roll of bread ( , variant X4X4 ()). The land glyph is generally colored reddish yellow and sometimes speckled to indicate sand.

phonogramRepresents a sound or phonetic value

1. The group N18N18:N21N21*Z1Z1 constitutes a uniliteral phonogram for j, as in jrt (“Yareth”).

2. Phonogram: j

logogramRepresents a complete word or concept

1. Logogram for jw (“island”).

2. Logogram (island)

3. Logogram: jw — island

4. Logogram: ḥr-ꜣḫtj — ḥꜥrꜥkhti

determinativeClarifies the meaning of other signs

1. Determinative for deserts and foreign countries, as in ꜣḫt (“place of sunrise/sunset”), ṯḥnw (“libya”), stt (“ꜣsiꜥ”).

2. Determinative: desert, foreign land

otherHas a specialized or contextual function

1. alternative form of (

2. alternative form of ( )

3. alternative form of (X4X4)

4. An oval of sand.