N18
𓈀Transliteration
Shape tags
Meanings
This was originally three different glyphs: one representing a sandy tract of land (an island in the Nile or a sandy hill in the flood plain, N18), one representing a bolt of rolled-up linen ( , variant ), and one representing a roll of bread ( , variant X4 (𓏒)). The land glyph is generally colored reddish yellow and sometimes speckled to indicate sand.
The group N18:N21*Z1 constitutes a uniliteral phonogram for j, as in jrt (“Yareth”).
Represents a sound or phonetic value
Logogram for jw (“island”).
Represents a complete word or concept
Determinative for deserts and foreign countries, as in ꜣḫt (“place of sunrise/sunset”), ṯḥnw (“Libya”), stt (“Asia”).
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
alternative form of 𓋰 (
Has a specialized or contextual function
alternative form of 𓋰 ( )
Has a specialized or contextual function
alternative form of 𓏒 (X4)
Has a specialized or contextual function
Logogram (island)
Represents a complete word or concept
An oval of sand.
Has a specialized or contextual function
Logogram: Jw — island
Represents a complete word or concept
Logogram: ^Hr-Axtj — Harakhti
Represents a complete word or concept
Determinative: Desert, foreign land
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Phonogram: J
Represents a sound or phonetic value
Attested Examplesfrom the TLA corpus
𓎂 𓋹𓈀
zꜣ ꜥnḫ
Phyle, Unterabteilung Anch
𓐍𓏏 𓄤 𓈀𓎔𓇉
(ꞽ)ḫ.t nfr tꜣ-mḥ.w
Gutes Produkt aus Unterägypten
𓈀𓏤𓈇 𓅓𓂺 𓆑
ꞽw m-bꜣḥ ⸗f
Eine Insel ist vor ihm.
Source: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae corpus (CC BY-SA 4.0) — translations in German.
Quick Info
- Gardiner Code
- N18
- Unicode
- U+13200
- Category
- N
- Meanings
- 12
- Transliterations
- 15
- Source
- both
- Text examples
- 3
