W2
𓎰Transliteration
Shape tags
Variants (1)
Meanings
Representing a sealed oil-jar without tied ends. Old Kingdom forms of this glyph often omit the seal on top and sometimes show alabaster veining. According to Fischer, since the Middle Kingdom the oil-jar with tied ends W1 (𓎯) has also been used in place of this glyph.
Triliteral phonogram for bꜣs, as in bꜣstt (“(cat-goddess) Bastet”).
Represents a sound or phonetic value
Determinative for jar, as in bꜣs (“jar”).
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Phonemogram
Has a specialized or contextual function
A sealed ointment jar, without ties.
Has a specialized or contextual function
Logogram: BAs — jar
Represents a complete word or concept
Phonogram: BAs
Represents a sound or phonetic value
Attested Examplesfrom the TLA corpus
𓄂 𓂨𓎰
ḥꜣ.t ꞽd.t
Bestes Duftöl
𓎛𓎡𓏌𓎰
ḥkn.w
Chekenu-Öl.
𓋴𓍿𓎤𓎰
sṯ(ꞽ)-ḥꜣb
Festduftöl.
Source: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae corpus (CC BY-SA 4.0) — translations in German.
Quick Info
- Gardiner Code
- W2
- Unicode
- U+133B0
- Category
- W
- Meanings
- 6
- Transliterations
- 4
- Source
- both
- Text examples
- 3
