O31

O31

๐“‰ฟ
OยทBuildings, parts of buildings, etc.

Transliteration

๊œฅ๊œฃBiliteralphonogramLogogramwnznaA
phonogramlogogramdeterminativeother

Shape tags

Meanings

Representing a doorleaf, in the form of a wooden panel with bronze flashing along one edge, terminating in two cylindrical bronze pins that turned in the hinge. Because this sign was usually accompanied by horizontal signs such as ๐“‰ป (aA), it was typically written in a horizontal orientation as well in order to better fill the available space.

1
phonogram

Biliteral phonogram for ๊œฅ๊œฃ.

Represents a sound or phonetic value

2
logogram

Logogram for or determinative in ๊œฅ๊œฃ (โ€œdoorleafโ€).

Represents a complete word or concept

3
determinative

Determinative in words relating to opening something, as in wn (โ€œto openโ€), zn (โ€œto openโ€).

Clarifies the meaning of other signs

4
logogram

Logogram (gate)

Represents a complete word or concept

5
other

A tenoned door, written horizontally.

Has a specialized or contextual function

6
logogram

Logogram: AA โ€” door

Represents a complete word or concept

7
determinative

Determinative: Open

Clarifies the meaning of other signs

8
phonogram

Phonogram: AA

Represents a sound or phonetic value

Attested Examplesfrom the TLA corpus

๐“‰ฟ๐“‚ ๐“Šต๐“ˆ–

๊œฅ๊œฃ-dw๊œฃ.w แธฅtp-n(=๊žฝ)

Assistent (?) des Duau Hetep-eni

2800 BCE โ€“ 2650 BCEearlier Egyptian

๐“ƒน๐“ˆ– ๐“‰ฟ๐“‰ฟ ๐“Šช๐“๐“‡ฏ

wn ๊œฅ๊œฃ.DU p.t

Die beiden Tรผrflรผgel des Himmels รถffnen.

2345 BCE โ€“ 2323 BCEearlier Egyptian

๐“‚‹๐“ค ๐“†‘ ๐“ƒน๐“ˆ–๐“‰ฟ๐“‚

rสพ =f wn

ihre (Wund)mรผndung steht offen.

1580 BCE โ€“ 1539 BCEearlier Egyptian

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