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The \u201cvulture \ud80c\udd50\u201d hieroglyph \ud80c\udeb9\ud80c\udf03 is usually a triliteral phonogram and represents the sounds \u201cmjt\/mwt.\u201d In modern times, we infer that this would be pronounced like \u201cmut.\u201d However, the \u201cvulture \ud80c\udd50\u201d can also represent the sounds \u201cmt\u201d or \u201cmjjwt\u201d as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The \u201cvulture \ud80c\udd50\u201d is also used as a determinative in the word for \u201cvulture \ud80c\ude16\ud80c\udc8b\ud80c\udd50,\u201d and any words that have a root of \u201cnr.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the more popular uses for the \u201cvulture \ud80c\udd50\u201d is in the word for \u201cmother.\u201d There are multiple variants for \u201cmother\u201d in Middle Egyptian\/hieroglyphs \ud80c\udeb9\ud80c\udf03\ud80c\udfea, so let\u2019s take a look:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud80c\udd50\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\udc50<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud80c\udd50\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\udc50<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud80c\udd50\ud80c\udfcf<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud80c\udd50\ud80c\udd46\ud80c\udd87<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud80c\udd50\ud80c\udfcf\ud80d\udc0e<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud80c\udd50\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\udc50\ud80c\udd46<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All of these words would be pronounced like “mut,” despite the fact that some have differing symbols! However, even with spelling differences, all of the symbols will still write out “mut!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The word for \u201cmother\u201d also appears in royal titles: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud80c\uddd3\ud80c\udd50 – King\u2019s Mother <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud80c\udd50\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\udeb9 – God\u2019s Mother (can be in reference to the mother of the pharaoh \ud80c\ude50\ud80c\ude7b, or to the goddess \ud80c\udeb9\ud80c\udfcf Isis \ud80c\udea8\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\udc65)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The word for \u201cmother\u201d also appears in names \ud80c\udc8b\ud80c\ude16\ud80c\udfe6: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud80c\uddfc\ud80c\udd50\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\udd91 – Duamutef (jackal headed Son of Horus that guarded the stomach. His name \ud80c\udc8b\ud80c\ude16 means \u201cHe Who Worships His Mother.\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud80c\udf22\ud80c\ude16\ud80c\udd50 \/ \ud80c\udf22\ud80c\ude16\ud80c\udd50\ud80c\udc3c – Senemut (Hatshepsut\u2019s most trusted advisor. His name means \u201cMother\u2019s Brother.\u201d) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For some reason when I am writing hieroglyphs \ud80c\udeb9\ud80c\udf03\ud80c\udfea myself, I sometimes get the \u201cvulture \ud80c\udd50\u201d and the \u201cEgyptian vulture \ud80c\udd3f\u201d mixed up! A lot of the bird symbols look similar, which I why I think that happens to me! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lets\u2019s read some hieroglyphs \ud80c\udeb9\ud80c\udf03\ud80c\udfea! Today \ud80c\udfc7\ud80c\uddcb\ud80c\ude16\ud80c\uddf3 we are going to be looking at a symbol that is used a lot in hieroglyphic writing \ud80c\udfdf\ud80c\udfdb\ud80c\udfe5 and inscriptions \ud80c\udf98\ud80c\udd71\ud80c\udf96. There are multiple uses for the \u201cvulture \ud80c\udd50,\u201d hieroglyph \ud80c\udeb9\ud80c\udf03, so let\u2019s get started!\u00a0 The \u201cvulture \ud80c\udd50\u201d hieroglyph \ud80c\udeb9\ud80c\udf03 is usually a triliteral phonogram and represents the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[18,17,12],"class_list":["post-2237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hieroglyphs","tag-hieroglyph-lessons","tag-hieroglyphs","tag-the-met"],"yoast_head":"\n