Gardiner NU10a

A stem of papyrus with a bud (M13), in front of a half round loaf of bread (X1), written below a cobra in repose (Naja haje) (I10); on top of a standard used for carrying religious symbols (R12), on top of a parcel of land with irrigation ditches (N24)

Description: A stem of papyrus with a bud (M13), in front of a half round loaf of bread (X1), written below a cobra in repose (Naja haje) (I10); on top of a standard used for carrying religious symbols (R12), on top of a parcel of land with irrigation ditches (N24)
Category: NU
Shape family: I-09
Unicode: U+13240 · EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH NU010A
Readings: wꜣḏ.t
Functions: logogram

Readings

Pronunciation: wꜣḏ.t
Note: Vowels are not attested in Egyptian writing; the transliteration is a modern scholarly convention, not a reconstructed pronunciation.

Logogram: wꜣḏ.tWadjet, 10th nome of Upper EgyptAggregated from sources · not yet reviewed
[1]

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[1]: Unicode Consortium. Unikemet Data for Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Unicode 17.0.0 (Unikemet-17.0.0.txt).
Cited for: U+13240
[2]: Gardiner, Alan H. Egyptian Grammar. 3rd ed. Griffith Institute, 1957.
Origin of the Gardiner sign-list numbering (e.g. A1, D21).
Cited for: Sign-list NU10a

From Unikemet 18.0.0, Unicode, Inc. Not reviewed by this archive; sources vary. Licence · Source

Description: a papyrus stem (M013), in front of a half round loaf of bread (X1), written below a cobra in repose (Naja haje) (I10); on top of a standard used for carrying religious symbols (R12), on top of a parcel of land with irrigation ditches (N24).
Functions: Logogram (Wadjet, 10th nome of Upper Egypt)
Readings (unreviewed): wꜣḏ.t
Core status: Core
Catalogue: NU010A · I-09-023

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