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A49 variants

A few variants of A49, created after checking the sign in Fischer's Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy
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Image Code Commentaire Collection
A49 Modified by S. Rosmorduc Simplified A49 to fit Gardiner original sign. It's still somehow problematic, see Fischer, Calligraphy, p. 17.
A49B Modified by S. Rosmorduc Modified A49, to fit the MK and OK model according to FIscher, Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy, p. 17 Modified the headress, and replaced the throwstick with a feather.
A49C Modified by S. Rosmorduc Modified A49, to fit the model drawn in the Urk IV, (checked on a photo of the Poetic Stela). Modified the headress, and with the throwstick turn backward viz. the original sign.++