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Representing the sky with an architectural rather than mythological image, as a gigantic ceiling resting on four supports. The phonogrammatic value is derived from the glyph’s use in ḥrt (“sky”).

(ḥrj)

1. Triliteral or biliteral phonogram for ḥrj or ḥr, as in ḥrj (“being above”).
2. Logogram for pt (“sky”).
3. Logogram for ḥrt (“sky”) in jn-ḥrt.
4. Determinative in words for the sky, as in nwt, ḥrt, pt.
5. Determinative in words for gates, by confusion with other glyphs, as in rwtj (“double gate”), hꜣyt (“portal”).

• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 485
• Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN