S29

S29

folded cloth

Transliteration

s3snb39ꜥws
phonogramlogogramother

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Variants (2)

Meanings

A picture of a folded cloth. This glyph was conventionally colored red. The original word behind the phonogrammatic value s is unknown.

phonogramRepresents a sound or phonetic value

1. Uniliteral phonogram for s; after Old Egyptian, as s and z merged, it could also be a phonogram for old z.

2. Phonogram: s

logogramRepresents a complete word or concept

1. Logogram for s (“vessel of gold”).

2. Logogram: ꜣ.w.s. — l.p.h.!

otherHas a specialized or contextual function

1. Abbreviation for snb (“health”) in the formula ꜥnḫ wḏꜣ snb (“life, prosperity, health”).

2. A folded piece of cloth.

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