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𓆨 U+131A8, 𓆨
EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH L005
Gardiner number:L5
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[U+131A9]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Representing the red-headed centipede (Scolopendra morsitans).

Symbol
  1. Determinative in zpꜣ (“centipede”).

References

  • Gardiner, Alan (1957), Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 478
  • Houlihan, Patrick F. (2002) “Animals in Egyptian art and hieroglyphics” in A history of the animal world in the ancient Near East (ed. Collins, Billie Jean), page 142
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