𓅂

Representing a buzzard.

(tjw)

1. Triliteral phonogram for tjw.

• Nina Davies, Picture Writing in Ancient Egypt (1958): "Pl. IV, 1. Egyptian Vulture. Phonetic ꜣ 'vulture' (G1). From the tomb of Rekhmire (no. 100). White ground. Although the bird in outline differs little from the long-legged buzzard (G4, our Pl. IV, 3) with which the Egyptians sometimes confused it, there is no resemblance in the painted examples and these do not vary." [Plate depicts the vulture wih blue-green wings and mostly yellow head and feet, the buzzard entirely yellow with red feather-details on the wings and tail.]
• David Nunn, A Palaeography of Polychrome Hieroglyphs (Université Libre de Bruxelles - Faculté de Philosophie et Sciences sociales, 2020)