Meanings
Representing a façade of a palace or tomb.
phonogramRepresents a sound or phonetic value
1. Phonogram: srḫ
logogramRepresents a complete word or concept
1. Logogram for srḫ (“serekh”).
2. Logogram: srḫ — banner
determinativeClarifies the meaning of other signs
1. Determinative in srḫ (“serekh”).
2. Classifier palace façade
otherHas a specialized or contextual function
1. Used to mark the name of a king, initially by being written next to it; since the middle Naqada III period, it was instead attached to a rectangular enclosure that contained the royal name, particularly the Horus name.
2. A façade of a palace or tomb, with the top resembling two floating horizontal lines.
