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𓆨 U+131A8, 𓆨 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH L005 Gardiner number: L5 ← 𓆧 [U+131A7] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓆩 → [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