Bothers in Arms. Hieratic and Iconic Influences on the evolution of 𓂘 (D32) and 𓂜 (D35)

The goal of this paper is to investigate the long-term evolution (OK–TIP) of two hieroglyphic signs that Lacau (1954: 15–18) identified as “images inverses,” namely 𓂘 and 𓂜. Both signs have been integrated in the hieroglyphic repertoire early on (Sourdive 1984: 506–507; Stauder 2022) and display features that testify to the interdependence between various written and iconographic norms, with notable (and repeated) hieratic influences on the evolution of 𓂘 (e.g., Meeks 2004: 48, §124; Servajean 2011: 22, §38), as well as cases of iconic dissimilation (see, e.g., Spalinger 1979) and re-motivation for 𓂜 (e.g., in the Netherworld Books of the New Kingdom).