Gardiner NU2

The pole of a balance, with the crossbar resembling a feather (H6), written horizontally (U39D), in front of a falcon (G5); on top of a standard used for carrying religious symbols (R12), on top of a parcel of land with irrigation ditches (N24)

Description: The pole of a balance, with the crossbar resembling a feather (H6), written horizontally (U39D), in front of a falcon (G5); 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: G-12
Unicode: U+13237 · EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH NU002
Readings: wṯs-ḥr
Functions: logogram

Readings

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

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[1]: Unicode Consortium. Unikemet Data for Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Unicode 17.0.0 (Unikemet-17.0.0.txt).
Cited for: U+13237
[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 NU2

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

Description: The pole of a balance, with the crossbar resembling a feather (H6), written horizontally (U39D), in front of a falcon (G5); on top of a standard used for carrying religious symbols (R12), on top of a parcel of land with irrigation ditches (N24).
Functions: Logogram (Throne of Horus (Edfu, 2nd nome of Upper Egypt))
Readings (unreviewed): wṯs-ḥr
Core status: Core
Catalogue: NU002 · G-12-153

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