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"bread" spelled with X4

The word t "bread" is spelled with the elongated bread sign X4 (either as X4 or as X1:X4) in the offering formulae (in the hieroglyphic script) only during the Second Intermediate Period and early 18th dynasty before Thutmose III.

Date:
SIP or early 18th Dyn.
Bibliography:
Ilin-Tomich 2017, 19; Vernus 1987b, 526-531