Hieroglyphs Addenda · Signs
pot
| Name | W24 |
|---|---|
| Reads | nw |
| Means | round pot — nw |
| Taught in | 08 · Born of, son of |
Where it comes from
A small round pot — the nw-jar of offerings, drawn as a plain bulb. It writes nw, and hides inside common words: the jnk “I am” of self-presentations often carries the little pot in its spelling.
How to remember it
The pot is round as the mouth saying “nw.” Small, common, easy to overlook — like the grammar it helps spell: the biggest word it lives in is “I.”
In the wild
urn:nabu:aes:bbawgrabinschriften:63IPBDEULBAR3JVWA4KUNTUI6Q:IBUBdyt6uPCSK01ClozVkRAt8i4
· license: attribution. Name renderings are conventional.
Piece by piece:
- ḥnk — to offer, to present — the giving arm opening it
- -t-j — the name’s ending, with this pot in the spelling
A woman named for generosity, her name poured through the little jar. The sign is taught in 101’s chapter 08.