𓁹 U+13079,𓁹 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH D004 Gardiner number: D4 ←𓁸 [U+13078] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓁺 → [U+1307A]

Representing the human eye. Compare the Chinese character目. The hieroglyph was given a somewhat elongated appearance with the iris partly covered by the upper lid. The outline of the eye was generally black; the sclera was white; the iris was often red (sometimes with a black pupil), but sometimes black. The phonogrammatic value ofjr is derived by therebus principle from the glyph’s use as the logogram forjrt(“eye”).

(jr)

1. Biliteralphonogram forjr.
2. Logogram forjrt(“eye”).
3. Determinative for words relating to sight and the eye.
4. Part of the combination, abiliteralphonogram formꜣ.
5. Part of the combination, alogogram formꜣꜣ(“to see”).

• Gardiner, Alan (1957),Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute,→ISBN,page450
• Henry George Fischer (1988),Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art,→ISBN, page18
• Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995),Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A.,→ISBN
• David Nunn,A Palaeography of Polychrome Hieroglyphs (Université Libre de Bruxelles - Faculté de Philosophie et Sciences sociales, 2020)

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