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Egyptian

representing l on a cartouche of Alexander the Great
Glyph origin
Representing a recumbent lion (colored yellow). The phonogrammatic value of rw derives by the rebus principle from its use as a logogram for rw (“lion”).
Symbol
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(rw)
- Biliteral phonogram for rw.
- (later) Uniliteral phonogram for r, sometimes representing /l/.
- Triliteral phonogram for šnꜥ, through confusion with hieratic
(𓍁). - Logogram for rw (“lion”).
- Logogram for mꜣj (“lion”).
References
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 460
- Betrò, Maria (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN
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