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L1
L1
Dung beetle
Phonetic: kpr
Determinative: Dung beetle, become, emerge.
Ideogram:
L2
L2
Bee
Phonetic: for bjt (only in "king of lower Egypt" (bjt))
Determinative: bee (bjt)
Ideogram:
Note[1]
L3
L3
Fly
Phonetic:
Determinative: Fly (aped)
Ideogram:
L4
L4
Common locust
Phonetic:
Determinative: Grasshopper (snachmn), locust
Ideogram:
L5
L5
Centipede
Phonetic:
Determinative: for centipede (spA)
Ideogram:
L6
L6
Bivalve shell
Phonetic: or ichA (rarely)
Determinative:
Ideogram:
L7
L7
Scorpion
Phonetic:
Determinative: Scorpion
Ideogram: Goddess Selkis (srqt)
Modified for religious reasons

References

  1. ↑ This hieroglyphic shows the very important hieroglyphic for bee, that stands also for honey. It is found very often on pharaonic naming-inscriptions-(as the combined term: Nesu-bity), because this hieroglyphic is a symbol for Lower Egypt together with the sedge, the symbol that stands for Upper Egypt, showing the domination of the Pharaohs over Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.

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