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Arm, cubit symbol (hieroglyph)

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D42
Arm
(Palm-down)
Cubit

meḥ
in hieroglyphs

The Arm, palm down or cubit hieroglyph (Gardiner D42) has the phonetic value mḥ. A variant with the upper arm "slanted" is D41. It represents the Egyptian cubit (about 20 inches).

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References

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Budge, (1920), 1978. An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, p. 316a.