N3

N3

𓇱
NΒ·Sky, earth, water

Transliteration

𓇰grαΈ₯grHkkw
otherdeterminative

Shape tags

Variants (3)

Meanings

Representing the sky with an uncertain object suspended from it, possibly a broken oar or a drill U25, U24 with the sky as drill-weight. A later variant of this glyph that replaced it is N2.

1
other

alternative form of 𓇰 (N2).

Has a specialized or contextual function

2
determinative

Classifier night

Clarifies the meaning of other signs

3
other

The sky with a sceptre with a cone at the end hanging from it.

Has a specialized or contextual function

Attested Examplesfrom the TLA corpus

π“Š΅π“ π“ˆ– π“Ž‘ 𓇱

αΈ₯t(p) n =k grαΈ₯

MΓΆge die Nacht dir gnΓ€dig sein.

2375 BCE – 2345 BCEearlier Egyptian

π“Š΅π“π“Šͺ π“ˆ– π“Ž‘ 𓇱

αΈ₯tp n =k grαΈ₯

MΓΆge die Nacht dir gnΓ€dig sein.

2278 BCE – 2184 BCEearlier Egyptian

π“π“Ž‘π“Ž‘π“‡±π“‡‹π“†™ π“π“Ž‘π“Ž‘π“‡±π“†™

tkk.ꞽ tkk

(Schlange) 'Angreifer', (Schlange) 'Angreifer'!

2278 BCE – 2184 BCEearlier Egyptian

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