π Ώ
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Egyptian
Glyph origin
Representing the head of a pintail duck
(π
).
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Symbol
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- Logogram for κ£pdw (βfowlβ) in the offering formula.
- Determinative in wΕ‘n (βwring the neck of (a bird), offerβ).
- (in hieratic texts) Phonetic determinative for mκ£κ₯, by conflation with
(π) when it lacks a crest.
References
- Gardiner, Alan (1957), Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, βISBN, page 473