TSL_1_42
Description: A cult image of a crocodile.
Category: Amphibious animals, reptiles, etc [Gardiner I]
Basic Form: low broad
Tag: crocodilereptilestatue
Type: simple


Bibliography
Borghouts, J. F. (2010), Egyptian: an introduction to the writing and language of the Middle Kingdom, 2 vols. Egyptologische Uitgaven 24, page 74, note 1
Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 475
Miniaci, Gianluca and Cornelius von Pilgrim (2022), An unusual mutilation of the crocodile hieroglyphic sign in an early Middle Kingdom stela from the Sanctuary II of Heqaib at Elephantine. In Miniaci, Gianluca and Wolfram Grajetzki (eds), The world of Middle Kingdom Egypt (2000-1550 BC): Contributions on archaeology, art, religion, and written sources. Volume III, 259-272, comment on the mutilation of the sign
Codes
Gardiner  I5*
Hieroglyphica  I5A
Jsesh  I5A
Unicode  U+1318D 𓆍
Cite as

Please cite as: Sign TSL_1_42 <http://thotsignlist.org/mysign?id=42>, in: Thot Sign List <http://thotsignlist.org>,
edited by Université de Liège and Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften.

Credits
Creator: J. Grotenhuis
Editor(s): J. Grotenhuis, lucd

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