O40

O40

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O·Buildings, parts of buildings, etc.

Transliteration

Logogramrwdḫtwxtjw
logogramdeterminativeother

Shape tags

Variants (1)

Meanings

Representing a stairway, conventionally with four steps.

1
logogram

Logogram for or determinative in rwd (“stairway”).

Represents a complete word or concept

2
logogram

Logogram for or determinative in ḫtw (“platform, terrace, terraced hillside”).

Represents a complete word or concept

3
determinative

Determinative for stairways and stepped constructions.

Clarifies the meaning of other signs

4
logogram

Logogram stairway

Represents a complete word or concept

5
other

A stairway.

Has a specialized or contextual function

6
logogram

Logogram: Rwd — stairway

Represents a complete word or concept

7
logogram

Logogram: Xtjw — terrace

Represents a complete word or concept

8
determinative

Determinative: Stairway

Clarifies the meaning of other signs

Attested Examplesfrom the TLA corpus

𓏣𓅓𓅱𓏭 𓁷𓏤 𓐍𓏏𓅂𓊍 𓆑

sḫm.wꞽ mnw ḥr ḫtꞽw =f

Wie mächtig ist doch Min auf seiner Treppe!

1759 BCE – 1630 BCEearlier Egyptian

𓌂𓅓𓏭𓅱 𓁷𓏤 𓐍𓏏𓅂𓊍 𓆑 𓋴𓐍𓂋𓈖 𓆑 𓐍𓏏𓆑𓀐𓏥 𓏌𓏤 𓇋𓏏𓆑𓀭 𓆑

sḫm.wꞽ mnw ḥr ḫtꞽw =f sḫr.n =f ḫft(.ꞽ).PL n.w ꞽt =f

Oh wie mächtig ist Min auf seiner Treppe, nachdem er die Feinde seines Vaters gefällt hat.

1759 BCE – 1630 BCEearlier Egyptian

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