X8
𓏙Transliteration
Shape tags
Variants (1)
Meanings
Generally taken to represent a conical loaf of bread, this glyph was conventionally outlined in black or blue, often with white fill and a red inner triangle; compare 𓏏 X1. Nunn writes that the interpretation of this glyph as bread is questionable: "neither X1 nor X8 is represented as bread on offering tables in funerary scenes"; in e.g. 𓏐 X2 and 𓏑 X3 bread is yellow; and conical bread molds did exist but were rounded: this glyph's shape is more like an angular "funerary cone", but those were white or red. Compare also Cypro-Minoan 𒾩.
Ideogram for rḏj, ḏj (“give”).
Has a specialized or contextual function
Phonemogram
Has a specialized or contextual function
A conical loaf of bread, with a triangular finger mark at the bottom.
Has a specialized or contextual function
Logogram: Dj — give
Represents a complete word or concept
Logogram: RDj — give
Represents a complete word or concept
Logogram: Jmj — give!
Represents a complete word or concept
Logogram: Djw — provisions
Represents a complete word or concept
Phonogram: D
Represents a sound or phonetic value
Attested Examplesfrom the TLA corpus
𓏙 𓉐𓊤
ꞽmi̯ pr(.t)-ḫrw
Gib das Totenopfer!
𓂋𓏙𓏏 𓏂
rḏ.t qbḥ(.w)
Eine Wasserspende geben.
𓏙 𓋹 𓏇 𓇳
ḏi̯ ꜥnḫ mꞽ rꜥ
Beschenkt mit Leben wie Re.
Source: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae corpus (CC BY-SA 4.0) — translations in German.
Quick Info
- Gardiner Code
- X8
- Unicode
- U+133D9
- Category
- X
- Meanings
- 8
- Transliterations
- 10
- Source
- both
- Text examples
- 3
