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Grapheme A14

MORIOR


Category A (Man and his occupations)
Reading <mwt> | xfty
Modulation B3 (2 descending oblique quarters)
Character 2
Font Glyph Basic 1 ⇩


Determinativo del verbo <mwt>, mou, qual. mwout, "morire", e del sostantivo <xfty>, saft, saf], saf; ("iniquo, empio"), "nemico".
Determinative of the verb <mwt>, mou, qual. mwout, "die", and of the noun <xfty>, saft, saf], saf; ("injust, ungodly"), "enemy".
MORIOR, HOSTIS Inde a XX Dynastia homo moriens hoc signo depictus effingi potest etiam cum ascia capite infixa in loco sanguinis a capitis vulnere defluentis. Signum "hostis" nomini pro determinativo adponi solet, scilicet excantandi causa, quasi mortis imagine a nocendo arceat (Betrò, M., "Geroglifici", Milano, Mondadori 2010, p.40).