O39

stone

O·Buildings, parts of buildings, etc.·U+1328C·both

Transliteration

dbn⁷ꜥrmꜣṯꜥꜣtḏbti͗nr³⁴

phonogramlogogramdeterminativeother

Shape tags

stone

Meanings

Representing a cut block of stone or brick. The dimension of the sign varies, and it may be written long like the pool glyph (S), with which it should not be confused; the stone glyph was often written shorter to distinguish it. The stone glyph was conventionally colored either white (in many examples, representing a whitish stone such as limestone) or blue (in other examples, perhaps representing a mud-brick—as Egyptian scribes generally used a limited color palette that did not include grey or brown—or a block of dark stone such as basalt or greywacke, although blue coloration has also been interpreted as mere confusion with the pool glyph). Compare the Chinese character 石.

phonogramRepresents a sound or phonetic value

1. Phonogram: inr

logogramRepresents a complete word or concept

1. Logogram for jnr (“stone”).

determinativeClarifies the meaning of other signs

1. Determinative for stone, as in jnr (“stone”), ꜥꜣt (“precious stone”), dbn (“deben, a measure of weight”), ꜥr (“pebble”), ḏbt (“brick”).

2. Classifier stone, brick, pebble

3. Determinative: stone

otherHas a specialized or contextual function

1. A rectangular stone slab or brick.