Tether (hieroglyph)
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The Ancient Egyptian Tether hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. V14, V15 for an animal tether, a type of hobble.
The tether hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter tj, or ch. Other values include tsh.[1]
The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters [edit]
The following two tables show the Egyptian uniliteral signs. (24 letters, but multiple use hieroglyphs)
a
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i
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y
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'
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(w,u)
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B
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P
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F
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M
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N
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R
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H1
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H2
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Kh1
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Kh2
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S
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(Sh)=Š
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Q/K2
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K
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G
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T
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Ch—Tj
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D
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Dj
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| L/(R) (special) (Ptolemaic, etc.)
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| a | i (ee) |
y ii |
' ah, (aïn) |
w, (u) (oo) |
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| P | F | M | N | R | H1 | |||||||||||||||
| H2 | (Kh)1 | (Kh)2 | S | Sh (Sh) |
K emphatic |
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| K | G | T | Tj Ch Tsh |
D | Dj | |||||||||||||||
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| M (horiz) M2-Plinth |
N (vert) (see: N (red crown)) |
S (vert) S (folded) cloth) |
M (3rd-M -2nd-vert) M3-Baker's tool |
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is—
y2-Two strokes |
is—
letter w, u (see w2-Coil) |
T (no. 2) T2-Pestle |
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998. Illustrated Hieroglyphics Handbook, uniliteral: Tsh, U24, p. 64-65.
- Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998. Illustrated Hieroglyphics Handbook, Ruth Schumann-Antelme, and Stéphane Rossini. c 1998, English trans. 2002, Sterling Publishing Co. (Index, Summary lists (tables), selected uniliterals, biliterals, and triliterals.) (softcover, ISBN 1-4027-0025-3)
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