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G24

𓅛

Unicode: U+1315B 𓅛
Reading: rḫ.yt
Use: Logogram (common folk, subjects, people)
Group: G – Birds
Sign list: Gardiner, Egyptian Grammar

Description

A lapwing (Vanellus cristatus), legs drawn towards the body, wings extended above the body.

Examples

G24 on an Egyptian monument — The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 50.85, photo: The Met, Open Access (CC0)

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Sign drawings: NewGardiner font by Mark-Jan Nederhof (SIL Open Font License 1.1); signs missing there: © Serge Rosmorduc (from JSesh; LGPL / CeCILL, see notice). Transliteration font: Charis SIL (SIL Open Font License 1.1). Photos: Alexander Sulimov, unless stated otherwise. Descriptions: Unicode Egyptian hieroglyph data (Unikemet).