π
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Egyptian
Glyph origin
This sign does not actually exist in hieroglyphic text; it is an artificial glyph used for transcribing hieratic text. It represents the hieratic version of a white ostrich feather
(π) with two strokes at the side.
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Symbol
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- (Middle Egyptian) Hieratic form of π (
) as a phonogram for Ε‘w.
References
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, βISBN, page 474