O39

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O·Buildings, parts of buildings, etc.

Transliteration

jnrꜥꜣtdbnꜥrḏbtmꜣṯinr

logogramdeterminativeother

Shape tags

stone

Meanings

Representing a cut block of stone or brick. The dimension of the sign varies, and it may be written long like the pool glyph 𓈙 (S), with which it should not be confused; the stone glyph was often written shorter to distinguish it. The stone glyph was conventionally colored either white (in many examples, representing a whitish stone such as limestone) or blue (in other examples, perhaps representing a mud-brick—as Egyptian scribes generally used a limited color palette that did not include grey or brown—or a block of dark stone such as basalt or greywacke, although blue coloration has also been interpreted as mere confusion with the pool glyph). Compare the Chinese character 石.

logogram

Logogram for jnr (“stone”).

Represents a complete word or concept

determinative

Determinative for stone, as in jnr (“stone”), ꜥꜣt (“precious stone”), dbn (“deben, a measure of weight”), ꜥr (“pebble”), ḏbt (“brick”).

Clarifies the meaning of other signs

determinative

Classifier stone, brick, pebble

Clarifies the meaning of other signs

other

A rectangular stone slab or brick.

Has a specialized or contextual function