π“ˆ˜


π“ˆ˜ U+13218, 𓈘
EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH N036
Gardiner number:N36
← π“ˆ—
[U+13217] 		Egyptian Hieroglyphs π“ˆ™ β†’
[U+13219]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Representing a canal bordered by banks and dikes. In detailed Old Kingdom depictions the water area is covered with zigzagging ripples,
. Sometimes the canal is shown curved rather than straight,
, especially in the Old Kingdom. This glyph partly supplanted
(π“ˆ†), its variants
(π“ˆ…) and
(π“ˆ„), and
(π“š) as a determinative for cultivated land in the 8th Dynasty, but in this function eventually changed into the form
(π“ˆ‡) in the 11th Dynasty. The water in the canal is conventionally green, or sometimes (lighter) blue; the outline is (darker) blue, perhaps representing mud brick. The phonogrammatic value of mr is derived by the rebus principle from its use as a logogram for mr (β€œcanal”).

Symbol

 (mr, mj)
  1. Biliteral phonogram for mr.
  2. Biliteral phonogram for mj, as in mjzt (β€œliver”), mjκœ₯αΈ₯κœ₯t (β€œtomb”). [since the 18th Dynasty]
  3. Logogram for mr (β€œcanal”).
  4. Determinative for bodies of water, interchanging with π“ˆ™ (
    ) in early times.
  5. Used in

    or
    , a composite determinative for bodies of water.     [since the 18th Dynasty]
  6. Determinative for irrigated land. [8th–11th Dynasty]

References

  • Gardiner, Alan (1957), Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, β†’ISBN, page 491
  • Henry George Fischer (1988), Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, β†’ISBN, pages 35–36
  • BetrΓ², Maria Carmela (1995), Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., β†’ISBN
  • David Nunn, A Palaeography of Polychrome Hieroglyphs (2020)
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