T30

T30

𓌪
T·Warfare, hunting, butchery

Transliteration

šꜥjwsmꜣzfṯzftdsdmdmtSad
otherdeterminativelogogram

Variants (2)

Meanings

A depiction of a knife with a curved handle. In an example from Rekhmire's tomb, it is colored red, either to represent danger or copper. Compare the Chinese character 刀 (Bronze inscriptional form ).

1
other

Ideogram for cutting, used in šꜥ, as well as jw, smꜣ, zfṯ, zft, etc.

Has a specialized or contextual function

2
determinative

Classifier cutting, slaughter

Clarifies the meaning of other signs

3
other

A knife with a rounded blade and rounded handle.

Has a specialized or contextual function

4
logogram

Logogram: Dmt — knife

Represents a complete word or concept

5
determinative

Determinative: Knife, sharp

Clarifies the meaning of other signs

Attested Examplesfrom the TLA corpus

𓋴𓌳𓌪

smꜣ

Ein Wildstier.

2345 BCE – 2181 BCEearlier Egyptian

𓊃𓆑𓍿𓌪

zfṯ

Das Schlachten.

2345 BCE – 2181 BCEearlier Egyptian

𓅱𓋴𓏏𓌪

wsi̯.t

Das Sägen.

2494 BCE – 2345 BCEearlier Egyptian

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