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42:77 · This sign is used in meteorology to indicate rain showers. With two dots instead of one the ideogram means heavy downpours. Compare with the structurally similar 30:28, for ice grains, small, frozen raindrops. Compare also the Egyptian hieroglyph 54:51 for rain , a combination of , heaven, and 04:17, water. Compare also the modern washing sign , denoting rinsing on washing machines and manuals.

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