The Three-Fox-Skins (hieroglyph) is
Gardiner's sign listed no. F31, in the series of ''parts of animals''. It consists of 3-fox skins tied at one end, and hanging, creating flowing skins.
In
Egyptian hieroglyphs it has the value ''ms''.
[Betrò, 1995. '' Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt,'' p. 128.] The word in Egyptian means ''birth'', and related items: ''to bring forth'', ''produce'', ''fashion'', ''create'', etc.
The 3-fox-skin hieroglyph has its origins in the early dynasties of Ancient Egypt, and can be found in multiple usage on the
Palermo Stone, (creation or inauguration of events).
See also
*
Gardiner's Sign List#F. Parts of Mammals
*
List of Egyptian hieroglyphs
References
*Betrò, 1995. ''
Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt,'' Betrò, Maria Carmela, c. 1995, 1996-(English), Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, London, Paris (hardcover, )
*Budge. ''An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary,''
E.A.Wallace Budge, (Dover Publications), c 1978, (c 1920), Dover edition, 1978. (In two volumes, 1314 pp. and cliv-(154) pp.) (softcover, {{ISBN, 0-486-23615-3)
Egyptian hieroglyphs: parts of mammals