Y2

𓏝

Unicode: U+133DD 𓏝
Reading: mdw
Use: Classifier writing, things written
Group: Y – Writings, games, music
Sign list: Gardiner, Egyptian Grammar

Description

A papyrus scroll, rolled-up, tied and sealed, written horizontally.

Examples

Y2 on an Egyptian monument — The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 13.182.3, 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).