Talk:List of Egyptian hieroglyphs/workpage
Appearance
![]() | This is not a Wikipedia article: This is a workpage, a collection of material and work in progress that may or may not be incorporated into an article. It should not necessarily be considered factual or authoritative. |
{{original research|date=November 2016}} List of Egyptian hieroglyphs from Gardiner's sign list, sorted alphabetically by their English description (e.g. "archaic- -dagger", "archer", "Apep" and "adze" all appear under A). To be merged into List of Egyptian hieroglyphs (inasmuch as it contains information not already there).
Originally compiled by User:Mmcannis under the title List of Egyptian hieroglyphs by common name: A-L in 2010/11.
A
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 (=A) vulture (Egyptian) |
|
3 | (Egyptian) vulture (hieroglyph) |
Unil. a, or A,-(3) | |||
adze |
|
-- | adze | adze | |||
adze- on-block |
|
stp | adze- on-block |
triliteral, stp, for "chosen"; often used in Pharaonic cartouche names as: "Chosen of God XXXX", (example: Beloved of Maat, Chosen of Maat) | |||
(alabaster) basin Festival sš-s(sh) |
|
sš sš-s(sh) '(sesh)' |
alabaster basin |
festival (Equivalent to Gardiner W4, Jubilee Pavilion (hieroglyph)) det. in sš, 'alabaster', or "precious stone"; det. in hb See Festival, Basin | |||
Apep Apophis |
|
-- | snake (multiple tall ripples) |
Apep; (WikiCommons: [1]) | |||
archaic- -dagger |
|
tp | dagger (archaic) vertical |
"top", or "first"; "first", "foremost"; Ideogram in tp, tpy; det. in mtpnt | |||
archer (soldier) |
|
-- | archer (soldier) |
archer, (soldier) | |||
archer's equipment (=quiver) |
|
rs | archer's equipment (=quiver) |
phonogram, rs | |||
arm |
|
' (vowel) (unil.) |
arm | 1. Alphabetic, unil. vowel, ' 2. Ideogram for "arm", ( ' ) | |||
arm-with-cone vertical-bread=cone offering di |
|
di | arm-with-cone vertical-bread-cone |
to give, or given | |||
arm-with-flail (kh)uy |
|
(kh)uy ḫuy |
arm-with-flail | 1. Ideogram for (kh)uy, "to protect" | |||
arm-with-nu-pot ḥnk |
|
ḥnk | arm-offering-nu-pot | Determinative in ḥnk, "to make an offering", also: gift, offering, etc. (see: List of portraiture offerings with Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs; see also: Pot)) | |||
arm-with-djsr- -sceptre (dj)sr |
|
djsr tchsr -- (tril.) |
arm w/ sceptre |
to be holy, to segregate See Djsr (arm with powerstick) | |||
arm-with-sekhem- -sceptre |
|
-- | arm-with-sekhem- -sceptre |
||||
arms-in- negation |
|
nn negative words n |
arms-in- "denial" |
1. Ideogram in negative words, n; 2. nn, and other complex uses[1] | |||
arms- rowing khn |
|
(kh)n ẖn |
arms- rowing |
Egyptian biliteral sign (kh)n, ẖn | |||
arms- with-shield- and-mace (or axe) 'ḥ3 |
|
'ḥ3 | arms- with-shield- and-mace (or axe) |
Ideogram for 'ha-('ḥ3), "combat"; (fight, contest, struggle)-(noun or verb) | |||
arrow |
|
'ha-('ḥ3) sun-(swn) |
arrow | 1. Determinative in two names for "arrow", (sh)sr-(šsr), 'ha-('ḥ3); 2. also phonetically sun-(swn) | |||
arrow head |
|
sn | arrowhead (shape) |
Bil. sn; Ideo. for "arrow" used for: brother, husband sister, wife "smell" touch, grasp 2, "second", 'the same'-(twin), etc. | |||
Atef- Crown |
|
atf (3tf) |
Atef crown (hieroglyph) |
Ideo. or det. for the crown 3tf-(atef) | |||
axe |
|
mibt, minb m(dj)hu-(mḏḥw) |
axe | Determinative for mibt, and minb, "axe"; Ideogram for m(dj)hu-(mḏḥw), "carpenter" |
- ankh, see life
- axe, see pennant, flag, axe
B
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
baker's tool |
![]() |
m (second) (vertical) |
baker's tool (hieroglyph) |
1. Uniliteral m, a second vertical, a later Period equivalent to the vertical m owl, Gardiner no. G17,
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(alabaster) basin Festival sš-s(sh) |
|
sš sš-s(sh) '(sesh)' |
alabaster basin |
festival (Equivalent to Gardiner W4, Jubilee Pavilion (hieroglyph)) det. in sš, 'alabaster', or "precious stone"; det. in hb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
basket (wicker) |
|
nb | basket (hieroglyph) |
Egyptian for "everything", every; major use: "Lord", (or feminine, Lady); Bil. nb Ideogram for basket: master, lord | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
basket- with-handle k |
|
k (unil.) |
basket- with-handle (hieroglyph) |
Unil. k | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
bee |
|
bity | bee | abbreviation for bity, the "king"-"pharaoh" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(kh) (animal) belly-teats-tail |
|
(ẖ) | animal belly and tail | second uniliteral (kh) belly with teats and tail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
bennu- bird (Phoenix) |
|
bnw (bnu) |
Bennu bird |
1. the stork-like Bennu; 2. Determinative for bnw, the "Phoenix-bird" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
bier with body s(dj)r |
|
s(dj)r "stchr" |
bier with body |
to lie down | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
block |
|
1.-inr 2.-(dj)bt-ḏbt |
block | 1. block of stone, (or brick, etc.) 2. Ideogram or det. in inr for "stone", "block", etc. 3. Det. in types of building stones or types of minerals; 4. Det. for (dj)bt-(ḏbt), "brick" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(butcher's)-block (kh)r ẖr |
|
khr ẖr |
(butcher's)-block | 1. Bil. (kh)r; 2. Ideas of items below, (butchered, segmented, then 'owned'); and major use of 'below', or 'under', as a prepositional use | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
boat |
|
-- | boat | boat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
boat- capsized (overturned) |
|
-- | boat- overturned |
1. boat-capsized, (overturned); 2. Ideogram or det. for "capsize", "overturn" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
boat- with-load 'fishing-boat' |
|
uh' wḥ' |
boat- with-load 'fishing-boat' |
1. uh' -(wḥ'), for "fisher"; Ideogram; also for "a laden boat" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
isu iw, iw' swt bone w/meat |
|
isu iw', iw swt |
bone w/meat | 1. Phoneme, isu-"Reward". 2. Determinative for thigh bone, iw' -"Heir", Inheritance, Ancestry, (phonetic iw). Also, tibia, swt. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
bow |
|
-- | bow | 1. bow; 2. See Nine bows | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
bowstring |
|
ru(dj) rwḏ |
bowstring (hieroglyph) for bow |
1. Tril. ru(dj)-(rwḏ); Ideo. for "bowstring"; 2. items that are hard, durable, strong, rooted, thus growth, growing; 3. (see Pharaoh Rudjamun) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"box" "cover" s3 |
|
s3 | 'box'-"cage" 'cover' w/door-opening rope |
"s3" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
branch |
|
(kh)t ḫt |
branch (hieroglyph) (=stick) |
1. Bil. (kh)t; 2. Ideo. or det. for wood, tree; 3. linear measure, (=100 cubits) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
bread -cone (offering loaf) di |
|
di | cone- shaped bread |
Ideogram for di, rdi, give, given, to give; (an equivalent to arm offering conical "loaf"), Gardiner no. D37,
In iconography and reliefs, used for pharaonic statements: "Given, Life, Power...Forever"-(the vertical form of 'to give') | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
arm-with-cone vertical-bread=cone offering di |
|
di | arm-with-cone vertical-bread-cone |
to give, or given | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(bread)-loaf with-decoration (p3) p3t, p3u-t |
|
p3t (phoneme p3) |
loaf-with-decoration | 1. Determinative for the 'decorated bread loaf', p3t; phoneme for p3; meanings of: stuff, matter, substance; for 'bread': dough, cake, bread, offering, food, product; 2. for the "primordial god(s)": "Pauti",
(many spelling versions) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A.-breast B.-bosom |
|
mn(dj) | breast | Ideogram or det. for mn(dj), mn(dj)-ti, mnd-t, breast, bosom, teats of a cow, et.; also connected words, to suck, snq | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(straw) broom (fiber)-swab |
|
sq w3h-(uaḥ) |
(fiber) swab (straw broom) |
1. Biliteral sq; "to clean", "dust"; 2. Triliteral w3h, (uaḥ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
bull |
|
k3 | bull | bull | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(bundled)-"container" -(w/-cord-tie) ḥn |
|
ḥn | (bundled)-"container" -(w/-cord-tie) |
Phonogram ḥn; products–natural or artificial, things, property, goods, possessions, tools, fabrics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bundle of Flax djr |
|
1-(dj)r many word constructs 2-dma |
bundle of flax | 1. Bil. & phoneme for djr; 2. Determinative for dm3, to tie together, to bind, to gather together, to collect | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basket of Fruit |
|
1-[(dj)r] 2-dma-(to-gather) |
Basket of Fruit |
1. see "Bundle of Flax"; 2. interchangeable with 'Bundle of Flax', bil. (dj)r; 3A. Determinative; 3B. for the Decree of Canopus, used once, line 18, for Egyptian language rd, (to grow, to flourish, to spring up, to spread out)
|
- belly, see water skin
- (bird)-trap, see trap
- "black"-(Kemet), see crocodile skin
- bone-with-meat, see Joint of meat (hieroglyph)
- "born-of", see 3-fox-skins
- (bovine)-hide, see (bovine) hide
- bow-(Nubian), see Nubian bow
- (butcher's) knife, see (butcher's) knife
C
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
canal mr |
|
mr | canal (hieroglyph) |
mr-(Beloved of XXXX); det. water; (see also for mr, Chisel) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cane |
|
n(kh)bt-nḫbt phon.-nḫb |
cane | cane; n(kh)bt-(nḫbt); phoneme for nḫb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1–cane 2–reed-(=Rush) 3–(swt)-Rush 4–flowering- rush-(sedge) |
|
-- | -- | -- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cartouche šn (sh)n |
|
šn-(shen) rn |
cartouche (hieroglyph) |
special uses, (often with inserted name) šn-(shen), "circle", "encircle", or a 'ring'; later timeperiod usage for "name", rn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cartouche (half) |
|
-- | a divided cartouche |
words for "to divide", "to cut", "to separate", etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cat |
|
miu miw onomatopoeic |
cat | cat; onomatopoeic miu-(miw), ("Meeoowww"); (see Bastet) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
chair (chair for carrying) |
|
-- | carrying chair |
Ideogram for 3sir, the God Osiris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
chariot |
|
wrrt | chariot | Ideogram or det. for wrrt, "chariot" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
child |
|
(kh)rd-(ẖrd) nn, nni |
child (hieroglyph) |
1. Determinative: 'child'; 2. abbr. for (kh)rd-(ẖrd), (child); 3. Bil., nn, also nni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
chisel |
|
3b mr |
chisel (hieroglyph) |
(See: Narmer Palette) bil., 3b, mr; (see also for mr, Canal) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
chisel-(clapper-tool) B1-clapper-(of-a-bell) mn(kh) B2-chisel- -tool/instrument- -'forked -staff' mn(kh)-t(fem.) A-mn(kh), mn(kh)-t beneficence, reward, well-doing, etc |
|
mn(kh)-(mnḫ) | clapper-(of-bell) tool/instrument forked-staff, etc. |
1. Determinative for mn(kh)-(mnḫ), for "cut", "give shape to"; 2. Ideogram in mn(kh)-(mnḫ), for "to be excellent"; 3. The grandfather of Ptolemy V of the Rosetta Stone is Ptolemy III Euergetes-(the Canopus Stone), the "Well-doer Gods"-(pharaohs).[3] Their name is a composition block of two 'God' hieroglyphs-(husband & wife), (no. R8),
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cobra |
|
-- | cobra (1. at-rest) (2. enraged) |
1. "at rest" is the unil. dj, (cobra); "enraged" is the Uraeus; 2. (See also: 1-Serpent, 2-Uraeus, 3-Viper, and 4-Apep) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cobra -at-rest |
|
(dj)-(unil.) ḏ |
cobra -at-rest (hieroglyph) |
Egyptian uniliteral sign dj--ḏ; (also Gardiner no. I11),
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cobra enraged |
|
-- | cobra enraged |
(see Uraeus) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
coffin |
|
-- | coffin | Determinative, coffin, burial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
u coil (shape) |
|
w u |
coil (hieroglyph) (hieratic equivalent) |
unil., equivalent of unil. w, the quail chick,
(see also: Plural) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
coil of rope |
|
(=100) | coil of rope |
Det. for "rope"; numerical for '100', (sh)(n)t, š(n)t | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
'3 Great wooden-column |
|
'3 | column?, club? | 'Great' (wooden)-column | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
(bundled)-"container" -(w/-cord-tie) ḥn |
|
ḥn | (bundled)-"container" -(w/-cord-tie) |
Phonogram ḥn; products–natural or artificial, things, property, goods, possessions, tools, fabrics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
"cover" "box" s3 |
|
s3 | 'box'-"cage" 'cover' w/door-opening rope |
"s3" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
crocodile |
|
-- | crocodile | 1. Ideogram or det. 2. (see Sobek (in the list, M-Z)) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
crocodile skin |
|
km | crocodile skin |
Black; see also Kemet; (see also Black); (see also Km (hieroglyph); (the unlisted form is untextured, with flame-like protubuerances on narrow end) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-n(dj) |
|
n(dj) nḏ |
cross-ndj (hieroglyph) |
Determinative or ideogram for n(dj)-(nḏ), "avenger", "protector", "advocate"; also "to converse", "to take counsel", "to discuss a matter"; often displayed in a phonetic complement with the 'nu-pot', Gardiner no. W24,
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
crossroads intersection town plan |
|
-- | circle with "intersection" |
Ideogram or det. |
- (capsized) boat, see boat-capsized
- (folded)-cloth, see folded cloth
- "cobra-enraged", see Uraeus
- collar-or-necklace, see pectoral
D
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
dance dancing |
|
(kh)bi (ḫbi) |
man dancing |
Ideogram or det. in (kh)bi-(ḫbi), "to dance" | ||||||||
date-(sweet(s)) bnri |
|
bnri | date | Ideogram or det. for bnr, sweet, date; for Egyptian language bnryt, sweetness, a favor, anything sweet, pleasant or nice; for bnry, the 'confectioner'. | ||||||||
(carob) (sweet)-rhizome (sweet)-pod n(dj)m |
|
n(dj)m | rhizome seed-pod |
1. Ideogram for types of tree n(dj)m, and "sweet", n(dj)m; 2. Egyptian triliteral sign for n(dj)m | ||||||||
decorate adorn |
|
(kh)kr (ẖkr) |
ornament (a decoration) |
Ideogram or det. for (kh)krt-(ẖkrt), for "diadem", "ornament"; verbs of "to decorate, to adorn" | ||||||||
'diadem' |
|
(waḥw) m(dj)h-(mḏḥ) |
'diadem' | (see (hair)-Ribbon) | ||||||||
district nome |
|
-- | nome district |
1. Ideogram or det. in sp3t, for "district, nomos"; 2. det. for province or district names; 3. det. for hsp-(ḥsp), for garden, vegetable garden, orchard, etc.; 3. (confer Nome (Egypt)) | ||||||||
djed-reed- column |
|
djd ḏd |
djed-reed- column "Djed Pillar" |
1. Bil. for (dj)d--ḏd, the "Djed Pillar" 2. meaning, stable, enduring, "dominion"; the Pharaoh is sometimes shown in iconography with the Djed Pillar at 45 degrees, erecting the 'pillar of his kingdom' | ||||||||
door/ (gateway) |
|
'3 | door (often vertical) |
1. Egyptian language, '3, equivalent to
2. Determinative, 'open' | ||||||||
door bolt |
|
s (horizontal) |
door bolt (hieroglyph) |
Unil. s, (the horizontal s); the vertical s is Gardiner no. S29, a folded cloth,
| ||||||||
dual |
|
dual (=y) |
dual | 1. dual; 2. the number (2) is made from 2 vertical strokes, Gardiner Z1,
| ||||||||
duck-in-flight p3 |
|
p3 | duck-in-flight | Ideogram for p3, to fly; phoneme for p3 | ||||||||
duckling nestling |
|
tj3 t_3 |
duckling nestling |
Bil. (tsh)3, t_3, for 'baby bird', duckling; Ideogram for 'young bird', nestling (The Egyptian vizier is the "tshat(y)") |
- dagger, see (archaic) dagger
- defeat, slaughter, see fall
- Double Crown, see Pschent
- draughtsman, see pawn, draughtsman, token, game piece
- dung beetle, see scarab
E
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ear s(dj)m to listen |
|
s(dj)m "stchm" |
ear | to listen | ||||
egg suḥt |
|
swḥt suḥt |
egg (hieroglyph) |
det. for feminine in goddess names, wives, etc.; det. in swḥt, 'egg' | ||||
3b elephant |
|
3bu 3b dnhr-(Ptolemaic) |
elephant | 1. Determinative in 3bw, elephant; 3b 2. Ptolemaic Period, new use of dnhr. | ||||
Emblem of-the-East |
|
-- | Emblem of-the-East (hieroglyph) |
Emblem of the East | ||||
Emblem- of-the-West imny, (unmy) |
|
imny-("West") unmy-("right") |
Emblem of-the-West (hieroglyph) |
Emblem of the West Ideogram for imnt, west, (and similar); also for unmy, "right". | ||||
ḥs excrement feces |
|
ḥs | excrement feces |
Determinative in hs-(ḥs), "excrement" | ||||
eye ir |
|
ir -- (bil.) |
eye | 1. Egyptian biliteral sign ir; ideogram for irt, eye; phoneme for ir; det. for words related to 'vision' and the eye. 2. Egyptian language meaning of 'to do', or 'to make', for example: to conduct a "festival"-(the Rosetta Stone) | ||||
Eye of Horus utchat |
|
utchat | Eye of Horus | Eye of Horus | ||||
eye-paint |
|
-- | eye-paint kohl |
(see Kohl) |
- (Egyptian) vulture, see vulture
- (elephant) tusk, see tusk
F
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
face |
|
hr (ḥr) |
face (hieroglyph) |
1. Bil. hr-(ḥr); 2. Ideogram for 'face'; 3. A major preposition for "on, upon", etc.; additional preposition constructs | ||||||||
fall (defeat) (slaughter) |
|
(kh)r (ḫr) |
falling man |
1. fall, defeat, slaughter; 2. Ideo. or det., (kh)r-(ḫr), "to fall", and related words | ||||||||
fence šsp (sh)sp |
|
(sh)sp šsp |
fence | tril. (sh)sp-šsp-(shesep) | ||||||||
festival (holiday) |
|
(heb-sed) -- |
1—basin-with-canopy 2—basin 3—Jubilee Pavilion (hieroglyph) |
(see "alabaster basin"), hb-(ḥb), (festival) | ||||||||
fetter hobble s3 |
|
s3 | cattle hobble |
bil. s3; equivalent of Gardiner no. V17, also s3,
(see also: tethering rope) | ||||||||
Fetter + Cobra m(dj), m(dj)ut |
|
m(dj), m(dj)ut | Fetter + Cobra | deep place, deep, pit, cavern-extending, subterranean shrine, etc. | ||||||||
finger |
|
(dj)b' ḏb' Number 10,000 |
finger | Ideogram or det. for (dj)b' -(ḏb'), "finger" | ||||||||
fire-drill |
|
dja ḏ3 |
fire drill (hieroglyph) |
1. bil. (dj)a-(ḏ3); Ideogram for "forest" Emphatically used with words as djadja constructs; 2. (see AUS-(article), and "Scale-2"-(on list)) | ||||||||
fish in |
|
int, in -- (bil.)-in |
fish Tilapia nilotica |
Egyptian biliteral sign in; det. for "Tilapia", int; phoneme for in; the common fish shape for reliefs & art; also for the fish palettes. | ||||||||
fish net |
|
'h, ih-('ḥ, iḥ) (phon. 'ḥ) |
fish net | Determinative for 'h, ih-('ḥ, iḥ), "net"; phoneme 'ḥ | ||||||||
fish trap |
|
msnu-(msnw) gau-(g3w) |
fish trap | Determinative for msnu-(msnw), "harpooner"; Ideogram or det. for gau-(g3w), for "bundles", and 'groups of vegetation tied together' | ||||||||
fist |
|
-- | fist | fist, (see Bull Palette) | ||||||||
god seated |
|
nṯr | seated god-(or-Pharaoh) |
1. God 2. n(tsh)r or n(ch)r, nṯr 3. Det. | ||||||||
("god") flag pennant (axe) |
|
nṯr | pennant or 'staff-flag' with wrapped handle |
1. God 2. n(tsh)r or n(ch)r, nṯr 3. Det. | ||||||||
flail |
|
n(kh)a(kh)a | flail (whip) (fan) (fly-whisk) |
1. see Crook and flail; 2. Ideogram or det. n(kh)3(kh)3-(nḫaḫa), for "flagellum", "whip" | ||||||||
float |
|
(tsh)b3 (ṯba) |
float | Ideogram in (tsh)ba-(ṯb3), "float" and related words | ||||||||
djb and dja float(?) |
|
djb (dja) |
float? | to supply, furnish with, equip, provide, & to decorate...(thus the "life preserver") see also: seal, (to seal, djb'i-t) | ||||||||
flower |
|
-- | flower | flower; (see also Lotus) | ||||||||
garland (of flowers) 'herb' 'grass' ḥn |
|
ḥn-(from ḥni) is-(from isw) |
garland (of flowers) 'herb' 'grass' |
1. Determinative for various plants or flowers; 2. Two phonemes for "cane", and "canes", ḥn-(from ḥni), is-(from isw). 3. flower (garland), plant, branch, seed 4. Rosetta Stone, line R12, The people shall wear garlands on their heads, shall be made festal... | ||||||||
folded cloth (the hieroglyph) |
|
s (vertical) |
folded cloth (hieroglyph) |
1. Unil. s, the vertical; 2. Major construct in "S-xxx" verb amplification, stressing, (beginning of core word); 3. (see door bolt,
| ||||||||
folded cloth (seat-back) |
|
-- | seat backing |
iconography in reliefs, (see WikiCommons, [2]); (a folded-cloth is also shown in statue fists) | ||||||||
foot |
|
b | foot (hieroglyph) |
Alphabetic Unil. b; (see Leg) | ||||||||
foreleg of ox (kh)pš ḫpš |
|
(kh)psh khpš-(ḫpš) ("khepeš") |
foreleg of ox |
1. (kh)p(sh), khepesh; 2. the reversed hieroglyph means, "strength", "power" | ||||||||
3-fox- -skins |
|
ms | 3-fox- -skins |
Bil. ms, "born", "born-of"; example, Pharaoh Ahmose, "Moon-Born"; Kamose, "Spirit-Born" | ||||||||
frog ḥqt |
|
ḥqt (bḫn' and qrr) |
frog | Determinative, frog; (See also (frog)-Goddess Heket, her 'emblem'); noun words for 'frog': 'bḫn, qrr | ||||||||
fruit (harvest) (in-basket) |
|
-- | "basket-of -fruit- harvest" |
a harvest basket of fruit; det. of plant-(harvest) offerings | ||||||||
fuller's-club (washer's-club) |
|
ḥm -- (bil.) |
fuller's-club | 1. Egyptian biliteral sign ḥm, for a fuller's club; 2. Ideogram for ḥmw, 'washer', and ḥm, slave, servant; phonogram ḥm. 3. Extensively used in the Rosetta Stone in a composition block for His Majesty,
|
- (shade)-fan, see shade-fans, (1 and 2)
- feces, see excrement
- festival, see "alabaster basin"
- (fiber) swab, straw broom; see: (fiber) swab
- 'fishing'-boat, see boat-with-load
- "two flails with shen ring", see two whips with shen rings, (see whip)
- flower, see also lotus
G
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gaming board |
|
mn | gaming board (with pawns) (side view) |
bil. mn; strong, stable, enduring-(permanent, monument) | ||||
garland (of flowers) 'herb' 'grass' ḥn |
|
ḥn-(from ḥni) is-(from isw) |
garland (of flowers) 'herb' 'grass' |
1. Determinative for various plants or flowers; 2. Two phonemes for "cane", and "canes", ḥn-(from ḥni), is-(from isw). 3. flower (garland), plant, branch, seed 4. Rosetta Stone, line R12, The people shall wear garlands on their heads, shall be made festal... | ||||
knot girdle tjs (th)s |
|
tjs (ṯs) |
knot girdle |
1. bil. tjs-(ṯs); concepts of "to tie", (as the vertebral bones); Ideogram for 'vertebrae'; 2. a knot; to tie in a knot, fetter | ||||
"Knot of Isis" "Girdle of Isis" tjt t_t |
|
tjt t_t tyet |
?stylized ankh (for Isis)(?) |
Tyet, Knot of Isis, Girdle of Isis | ||||
god- seated (=pharaoh) |
|
-- | god- -seated |
Determinative (gods or pharaoh) | ||||
goddess- seated (=queen) |
|
-- | goddess- -seated |
Determinative (goddess or queen); (Identical to "woman" hieroglyph) | ||||
gold (hieroglyph) (gold collar) |
|
nb (nub) |
gold: "pearls" of gold in necklace |
bil. nb; Horus of Gold name in Pharaonic titulary | ||||
dj'm white-gold |
|
dj'm tch'm |
gold collar ligatured with was sceptre | white-gold see gold (hieroglyph) | ||||
"son/daughter-of" goose(or duck) s3, s3-t |
|
s3, s3-t | goose | 1. "son of", "daughter of", sa, sa-t; 2. goose | ||||
grain |
|
-- | grain | grain | ||||
(grain) grains |
|
-- (plural) |
grains ("plurality") |
multiple uses: grains, of sand, metal, cereal grain Plural usage instead of Gardiner no. Z2,
| ||||
(stack of) grain |
|
'h'u 'ḥ'w |
(stack of) grain |
Determinative in 'h'u, for "stack", ( 'ḥ'w) | ||||
granary šnwt (sh)nut |
|
(sh)nut šnwt |
granary | Ideo. or det., šnwt-(sh)nut, "granary" | ||||
grape arbor |
|
irp (or) i3rrt |
grape arbor (hieroglyph) |
1. grape arbor; 2. Det. and sometimes ideo., words connected to "vineyard", iarrt-(i3rrt); also "wine", irp; occasionally used for 'fruit' or 'orchard' | ||||
Guinea Hen Guinea Fowl nḥ |
|
nḥ -- (bil.) |
Guinea Hen Numida meleagris |
1. Egyp. bil. nḥ, for the bird; phon. for nḥ; Ideas of petition, supplicate, beseech; for Egyptian language nḥ-t, nḥḥ-t, oil, unguent, equivalent of Coptic language, "neh"; 3. for nḥḥ, eternity, or ever and ever, (see ḥḥ), Coptic "eneh". |
- game piece, see pawn, draughtsman, token
- garden pool, see pool
- god, see also flag, or pennant
- (stack of) grain, see stack
- grass, see garland
- 'gravestone', see (~=) stela
H
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
hair (locks of hair) |
|
iny (+ inm) |
hair | 1. Determinative in iny, "hair" and related words; also for inm, "skin";2. also det. for words associated with "grief" | |||||||||
hall |
|
sh (sḥ) |
hall | hall; value: sh-(sḥ); a "curtain held up by poles", (used as a hall, 'pavilion'); (see also Sed festival); (the Chapel-or-tabernacle (hieroglyph) is sh-n(tsh)r, Gardiner no. O21),
| |||||||||
D hand |
|
d | hand (hieroglyph) |
Uniliteral d | |||||||||
hand drill |
|
ḥmt | hand drill (hieroglyph) |
Ideogram in hmt-(ḥmt), the name for the 'hand drill tool'; also hmt for words of "art", "artisan", etc. | |||||||||
hare |
|
un (wn) |
desert hare (hieroglyph) |
bil. wn | |||||||||
harp |
|
bint bin-t,_bn-t |
harp (hieroglyph) |
Determinative in bint, "harp"; (see article Medamud for relief usage) | |||||||||
harpoon (single- barbed) |
|
u' w' |
harpoon (hieroglyph) |
1. "single" items; "1", 'each', etc.; 2. Bil. w' | |||||||||
Hathor |
|
-- | Hathor | Goddess Hathor ("Anthropomorphic Deities", Gardiner section C) | |||||||||
head |
|
tp | head | 1. Ideogram for tp, "head"; other uses related to actions of the head; (example "the tp of the rebels", 'the "chief" of the rebels');2. also for tp, see archaic dagger;3. (Narmer Palette shows 10 enemy heads-(decapitated)) | |||||||||
head of duck |
|
apd 3pd |
head of duck |
an abbreviation for 3pd, "bird" | |||||||||
headrest urs |
|
urs | headrest | A. Determinative for urs-(wrs), the "headrest"; B. headrest is also Egyptian language, uars-t,
C. See also: WikiCommons: [3] | |||||||||
heart |
|
ib | heart | Ideogram or det. for ib, "heart"; (See also kid (goat), for ib) | |||||||||
heart and windpipe |
|
nfr | heart and windpipe |
Egyptian triliteral sign for nfr, (beauty), or "perfect" | |||||||||
helmet-khepresh (kh)prš |
|
(kh)prš (ḫprš) |
khepresh-helmet | khepresh-helmet | |||||||||
(bovine) hide |
|
-- | (bovine) hide |
Determinative for 'skins' and related words; also mammal names, (supplemental determinative) | |||||||||
(st), sti to shoot hide-with-arrow |
|
st, sti -- (bil.)-st |
hide of animal with arrow |
A. to shoot, (arrows, harpoons, etc.); B. for 'to shoot', sti,
C. see Satet, Goddess of the Nile Inundation | |||||||||
hindpart of lion |
|
ph (pḥ) (bil.) |
"hindpart" | 1. Biliteral ph; 2. (see also: "forepart of lion") | |||||||||
hippopotamus |
|
(kh)ab (ḫ3b) |
hippopotamus | Determinative for words defining the hippo, db, and (kh)3b-(ḫ3b) | |||||||||
"hippo head" |
|
at (3t) |
"moment- of-time" snap-of-a-finger |
a "moment", 'an instant', a snap-of-a-finger; phonetically 3t; in composition block, with sun (hieroglyph), Gardiner no. N5,
| |||||||||
hobble fetter s3 |
|
s3 | cattle hobble |
bil. s3; equivalent of Gardiner no. V17, also s3,
(see also: tethering rope) | |||||||||
hoe |
|
mr | hoe (hieroglyph) |
1. bil. mr, for "beloved"; 2. used in Pharaoh, individuals, other names, etc.: (Pharaoh XX, Beloved of Goddess YY) | |||||||||
honing stone |
|
(s(sh)m) (sšm) |
honing stone |
Ideogram in s(sh)m-(sšm), "butcher" | |||||||||
"horizon" mountain- -with- rising-sun |
|
a(kh)t 3ḫt |
mountain-with- rising-sun (or setting-sun) |
Ideogram for a(kh)t-(3ḫt), "horizon"; (see also Akhenaten's townsite, Akhetaten, (Horizon of Aten)) | |||||||||
horse |
|
-- | horse | horse | |||||||||
hotep offering-tablet ḥtp |
|
ḥtp | hotep offering-tablet |
(see Hotep-offering-tablet) | |||||||||
house estate "home of" |
|
pr | house (hieroglyph) (plan of house) |
bil. pr; used extensively in "placenames"-(home of God XXX); placenames for a Pharaoh, etc. 1. Ideogram, house, estate; 2. bil. pr; 3. Determinative for 'building', 'location' |
- hair ribbon, see (hair) ribbon
- hatchet(?), see adze
- harvest-(in basket), see fruit-(in basket)
- head of a leopard, see leopard head (hieroglyph)
- heap (or 'pile'), see stack (of grain)
- herb, see garland
First uniliteral h--h
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
h (reed shelter) |
|
h | reed shelter (hieroglyph) | first uniliteral h plan view of shelter |
Second uniliteral h--ḥ
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
h (wick) |
|
(ḥ) | wick (hieroglyph) |
second uniliteral h wick |
I
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sacred Ibis 3(kh) |
|
3(kh) (3ḫ) |
Sacred Ibis | Bil. 3(kh), for the 'divine'; also the ideogram | ||||||||||||
incense censer: arm |
|
-- | incense arm (hieroglyph) |
arm device, with incense burning chamber | ||||||||||||
incense censer: pot |
|
-- | incense-pot- -with-smoke (hieroglyph) |
pot of incense, wafting smoke | ||||||||||||
Ba-bird-(soul) (with pot) |
|
b3 | Ba-bird-(soul) (with pot) |
see: Egyptian soul; the incense pot at bird's foot is also found substituted with a Meteor (hieroglyph), (see WikiCommons) [4] | ||||||||||||
intestine-(shape) p(kh)ar, rr utchb intestine-(shape) |
|
p(kh)ar, rr utchb |
intestine-(shape); in Rosetta Stone, festival routes | Egyptian language, utchb; from dikeworks, to turn round, to change the direction, (crop rows) | ||||||||||||
"irrigated lands<" |
|
-- | "irrigation canals" |
1. (see 'district'); 2. doublet is also used for the "dual"-(i.e. "the Two Lands", taui) |
- infant, see child (hieroglyph)
- intersection, see crossroads, intersection, town plan
J
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
jar stand |
|
1-g, 2-nst | jar stand (hieroglyph) |
1. uniliteral g 2. Ideogram, nst, "throne" | |||
joint of meat |
|
-- | joint of meat (hieroglyph) |
Used for "ancestry" Det. for 'thigh bone' names; iw', phoneme for iw-iu; for the tibia, swt, (phon. isw-isu) | |||
festival Jubilee Pavilion |
|
-- | canopy + basin | (see Sed festival) Determinative for "festival"; also for hb-(ḥb), "festival" |
- Jubilee Festival, see festival
K
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
kid (goat) |
|
ib | kid (goat) | 1. Phoneme ib for 'young goat'; 2. Determinative for words of 'young farm animals' 3. (See also heart, for ib) | ||
kiln t3 |
|
t3 | kiln (hieroglyph) |
Bil. t3; Ideogram for "potter's kiln"; (for t3, see also Land) | ||
honing stone |
|
(s(sh)m) (sšm) |
honing stone |
Ideogram in s(sh)m-(sšm), "butcher" | ||
knife (or saw) |
|
-- | knife (or saw) |
Ideo. or det. for "sftu", sf(tsh)w, "butcher" | ||
knife and block |
|
-- | knife and block |
"slaughter" | ||
(butcher's) knife |
|
nm | (butcher's) knife |
Phonogram nm | ||
knot girdle-knot tjs (th)s |
|
(tj)s (ṯs) |
knot-hieroglyph girdle-knot |
1. bil. tjs-(ṯs); concepts of "to tie", (as the vertebral bones); Ideogram for 'vertebrae'; 2. a knot; to tie in a knot, fetter; 3. Also a statuary-(belt) element, 3rd millennium BC and later, and an amulet & jewellery element, (especially Middle Kingdom for jewellery). | ||
"Knot of Isis" "Girdle of Isis" tjt t_t |
|
tjt t_t tyet |
?stylized ankh (for Isis)(?) |
Tyet, Knot of Isis, Girdle of Isis |
- (kohl)-eye-paint, see eye-paint
First uniliteral (kh)--ḫ
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(kh) sieve (placenta) |
|
(ḫ) | placenta sieve |
first uniliteral (kh) sieve or placenta-(older first form) |
Second uniliteral (kh)--ẖ
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(kh) (animal) belly-teats-tail |
|
(ẖ) | animal belly and tail | second uniliteral (kh) belly with teats and tail |
L
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
land 'country' "strip of land" t3 |
|
ta (t3) |
(strip of) land 'country' |
Biliteral t3-(ta), "land", "country", etc.; (for t3, see also Kiln) | |||||||
"the two lands" |
|
taui (t3wi) |
"the two lands" |
=Egypt, (i.e. the Two Lands, (south and north), Upper and Lower Egypt) | |||||||
leg (human) |
|
rd | leg (human) |
Ideo., det. for rd, "leg"; Det. "to tread"; (see Foot) Also: for pds, w'rt, sbq. | |||||||
leg of hoofed animal |
|
(uhm)-(whm) wḥm |
leg of ox |
1. meanings of: "repeat, repetition" 2. Tril. for wḥm; 3. Ideogram for "bovine leg" 4. (to repeat, narrate, recount, tell a story, tell a dream) | |||||||
lasso |
|
(ua) w3 |
lasso | lasso, for "cord", (possibly earlier, a word related to "lasso") | |||||||
leopard head |
|
pḥty ("pehty") |
leopard head (hieroglyph) |
Determinative or abbreviation for "pehty"-(pḥty), "strength" | |||||||
life live |
|
ankh 'n(kh) 'nḫ |
life live |
Tril. 'n(kh); Ideogram for "life", "live" | |||||||
lifesaver s3 |
|
s3 | lifesaver | bil. s3; equivalent of Gardiner no. V16, also s3,
(see also: tethering rope) | |||||||
linen bag |
|
s(sh)r-(sšr) sšr |
linen bag |
Ideogram or det. in s(sh)r-(sšr), for "linen", "fabric"; phoneme for sšr | |||||||
lion |
|
m3i | lion | Ideogram for standing lion, m3i | |||||||
lion- reclining (sphinx) |
|
ru (rw) l,r |
lion-reclining (sphinx) |
1. Biliteral rw 2. Ideogram for "lion"; 3. Unil. for l, or r | |||||||
(upper) lip (w/ teeth) |
|
spt | (upper) lip (w/ teeth) |
Ideogram or det. in spt, for "lip", "border" | |||||||
(the two) lips |
|
-- | (the two) lips |
pair of lips | |||||||
(lips)- spitting |
|
(=multiples) | spit | Determinative for words meaning: "to spit", "to vomit", "blood", etc. | |||||||
lizard |
|
'(sh)a 'š3 |
lizard | 1. "multitudes", (=the populace, etc.); 2. Det. or ideo. in 'š3-('(sh)a), "lizard"; also the tril. | |||||||
lotus (lotus-bud) |
|
-- | lotus (lotus-bud) |
lotus; (see also Flower) | |||||||
lotus flower sšn |
|
sšn (also snšn) |
lotus flower | A. Ideogram or det. in sšn, lotus flower; B. Greek language 'souson'; C. also det. for snšn, for lily, lotus. | |||||||
lotus (lotus stem with leaf and rhizome) |
|
1000 (kh)a-ḫ3 |
lotus (lotus stem with leaf and rhizome) |
Ideogram for (kh)a-(ḫ3), a part of the "lotus"; phonetically used for ḫ3; in Egyptian mathematics, 1000 |
- (hindpart of) lion, see hindpart of lion
- (forepart of) lion, see forepart of lion
- lotus, see also flower
M
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | ||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Goddess-Maat M3't |
|
m3't | Goddess-Maat | Goddess Maat | ||||||||||||||||||
mace ḥ(dj) |
|
ḥ(dj) | mace, (stone macehead, wooden handle) | Ideogram, and phonogram for mace, ḥ(dj) | ||||||||||||||||||
man woman |
|
-- | man woman |
man | ||||||||||||||||||
man -constructing |
|
qd | man -constructing |
man constructing: a "Mason"; Ideogram or det. for qd, "to construct"; (see Wall, (Collapsing)-Wall) | ||||||||||||||||||
man-dancing (kh)bi ib, ibu ib3u, ib3 |
|
(kh)bi-(ḫbi) ib, ibu ib3u, ib3 |
man-dancing | Ideogram or det. for (kh)bi, to dance; also det. for ib, ibu; ib3u, ib3, for dance, dancer, etc.; (see also Dance) | ||||||||||||||||||
man -grinding-etc to build (kh)us-(kh)usi |
|
(kh)us-(kh)usi | man -grinding -(in a mortar/etc) |
man grinding (etc.); to grind in a mortar, to build, to construct, etc. | ||||||||||||||||||
man -mixing |
|
-- | man -mixing- (in-vat) |
man mixing (in vat) | ||||||||||||||||||
man -with- bundle |
|
-- | man -with- bundle |
"man carrying bundle" | ||||||||||||||||||
man-seated: arm to mouth |
|
concepts etc. |
man-seated: arm to mouth (hieroglyph) |
eating, speech, concepts, ideas, etc. | ||||||||||||||||||
man-seated: arms in adoration |
|
-- | man-seated: arms in adoration (hieroglyph) |
man-seated: arms in adoration; (see WikiCommons [5]) | ||||||||||||||||||
man-standing: arms in adoration |
|
-- | man-standing: arms in adoration (hieroglyph) |
man-standing: arms in adoration; (see WikiCommons [6]) | ||||||||||||||||||
man-standing: arms raised in celebration |
|
-- | man-standing: arms raised in celebration |
man-standing: arms raised in celebration | ||||||||||||||||||
mast |
|
'ḥ' | mast (hieroglyph) |
Triliteral 'ḥ' , "to erect" | ||||||||||||||||||
Menat |
|
(mnit) | "menat necklace and counterpoise" |
1. "Menat and counterpoise"; 2. Ideogram or det. in mnit, the necklace of Menat pearls | ||||||||||||||||||
milk |
|
-- | milk | milk; (similar to Gardiner unlisted vessel, or "liquids", etc.; (milk symbol has vertical hanging above)) | ||||||||||||||||||
milk-jug -in-net |
|
mi | milk-jug -in- -carrying- net |
1. Biliteral mi; 2. Det. in mhr, 'pitcher of milk'; 3. Phonogram for mr and mi; Egyptian language, as, like, 'as-like', similar, etc; ("...Pharaoh XXX, given Life, Power...Ra-Like"), (...."as like Ra"-'Ra-ma', 'Ra-mi') | ||||||||||||||||||
milk-jug -in-net |
|
mi | milk-jug -in- -carrying- net |
1. like, as, according to, inasmuch as, since, as well as, together with; all adverbial forms, some as a segue; 2. early forms use other hieroglyphs; 3. Egyptian: mity and mitt relate to "image" or "likeness": likeness, copy, resemblance, statue, image, similitude, the like etc. | ||||||||||||||||||
(crescent) moon i'ḥ |
|
i'ḥ | moon | 1. Det. "moon"; 2. Ideogram, i'h-(i'ḥ), 'moon'; 3. items of the 'month', (timeperiod); see ploughing, laborer ("planting"), Gardiner no. T24, (also i'ḥ)
| ||||||||||||||||||
fields-(planting) i'ḥ |
|
i'ḥ | fields-(planting) (etc.) |
see moon, (also i'ḥ); A. plough, break ground; B. field laborer, peasant; C. field; D. det. in name of a god "I'h-ur"-(I'h-Great) | ||||||||||||||||||
(moon) |
|
-- | moon | Gardiner, nos. N9, N10 | ||||||||||||||||||
moon (in phase) |
|
(psdj) psḏ |
moon (in phase) |
Ideo., det. in "feast of the New Moon", (=ps(dj)n); phoneme for ps(dj)-(psḏ), (= to a triliteral) | ||||||||||||||||||
mooring post |
|
mnit | mooring post |
1. Determinative in mnit, the "mooring post", or related words. 2. (of note, in the Epic of Gilgamesh, 2nd millennium BC, the (uprooted)-mooring posts are important in the wind and rainstorm of the flood story, (Gilgamesh flood story)) | ||||||||||||||||||
mountain |
|
(dj)u ḏw |
mountain | Bil. (dj)u-(ḏw), for "mountain"; ideogram for "mountain" | ||||||||||||||||||
("horizon") mountain- -with- rising-sun |
|
a(kh)t 3ḫt |
mountain-with -rising-sun (or setting-sun) |
Ideogram for a(kh)t-(3ḫt), "horizon"; (see Akhenaten's townsite, Akhetaten) | ||||||||||||||||||
mouth |
|
r | mouth (hieroglyph) |
Unil. r |
- man
- man-archer, see archer, soldier
- man-prisoner, see prisoner, enemy, rebel
- mason, see man-constructing
- mat-(uniliteral p), see stool-or-mat (hieroglyph)
- moment, see (moment of) time
N
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
naos |
|
-- | naos (shrine) |
naos | |||||
Neith's Emblem nt |
|
nt | Neith's Emblem |
1. Ideogram or det. for name of Goddess Neith; 2. Egyp. bil. nt. | |||||
night nightfall |
|
grḥ-wḫ-("night") kkw-("dark") |
night (hieroglyph) |
Determinative in words meaning 'obscurity'; grh-(grḥ), and u(kh)-(wḫ) for night; kku-(kkw) for dark; and others | |||||
nome district |
|
-- | district nome |
1. Ideogram or det. in sp3t, for "district, nomos"; 2. det. for province or district names; 3. det. for hsp-(ḥsp), for garden, vegetable garden, orchard, etc.; 3. (confer Nome (Egypt)) | |||||
nose |
|
fndj/fnd-(fnḏ/fnd) (sh)rt-(šrt) (kh)nt-ẖnt |
nose | Ideogram or det. for the "nose", fndj/fnd-(fnḏ/fnd), (sh)rt-(šrt); det. for words relating to smell, joy, and the nose; det. for "face", (kh)nt, -(ẖnt), (and the phoneme for face) | |||||
Nubian bow |
|
-- | Nubian bow |
=Nubia |
- necklace-or-collar, see pectoral
- 'netting needle', see (weaver's)-shuttle
O
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
oar ḫru |
|
1-(kh)ru-(ḫrw) 2-wsr |
oar (a spoon- (shape)) |
1. Determinative for usr-(wsr), "oar"; 2. Tril. phonogram, (kh)ru-(ḫrw) | ||||||
obelisk |
|
t(kh)n tẖn |
obelisk | Ideogram or det. for t(kh)n, the "obelisk" | ||||||
"offering(s)-altar" |
|
-- | "offering(s)-altar" | "offering(s)-altar" | ||||||
offering-table |
|
-- | offering-table | offering-table | ||||||
(small) offering-table |
|
-- | (small) offering-table |
(small)-offering-table | ||||||
hotep offering-tablet |
|
"htp" | hotep offering-tablet |
hotep-offering-tablet | ||||||
i3wt office 'post' 'position' |
|
iaut-i3wt | office 'post' 'position' |
1. Ideogram or det. for iaut-(i3wt), for "post", "office", "position", etc.; 2. the fetish of the "Temple of Min" | ||||||
owl |
|
m (vertical) |
owl (hieroglyph) |
Unil. m | ||||||
ox horns |
|
wp | ox horns | 1. Biliteral up, (wp); 2. used for opening of the year: renpet,
|
- one, (or ='1'), see stroke
P
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
palace 'ḥ |
|
'ḥ | palace | 1. Ideogram, 'h-('ḥ), "palace"; see also:
| |||||||||
palace temple tomb ḥut |
|
ḥut | plan view palace-(estate) |
1. Ideogram for hwt-(ḥut), palace, temple, tomb; see also:
| |||||||||
papyrus clump (cluster) |
|
ha (ḥ3) |
papyrus clump |
1. Ideogram for "Lower Egypt"-(the North), the Nile Delta, "t3-mḥw", 'land-mhw'; also det.; 2. phonetic for ha-(ḥ3) | |||||||||
papyrus roll m(dj)3t |
|
m(dj)3-t m(dj)3t |
papyrus roll |
papyrus roll | |||||||||
papyrus roll- -tied (& sealed) m(dj)3t |
|
m(dj)3-t m(dj)3t |
papyrus roll-- -tied |
papyrus roll-tied (& sealed) | |||||||||
papyrus stem u3ḏ |
|
u3ḏ tril. |
papyrus stem (hieroglyph) |
Tril. ua(dj)-(w3ḏ) | |||||||||
pawn (draughtsman) (token) ib3 |
|
ib3 | game piece (hieroglyph) |
1. Ideogram or det. in ib3, "pawn", draughtsman; phoneme for ib3; 2. Det. for ib3u, ib3, dance [of the gods]; also dancer, dancing man, etc. | |||||||||
pectoral |
|
-- | pectoral | pectoral; (see also Pectoral (Ancient Egypt)) | |||||||||
god seated |
|
nṯr | seated god-(or-Pharaoh) |
1. God 2. n(tsh)r or n(ch)r, nṯr 3. Det. | |||||||||
("god") flag pennant (axe) |
|
nṯr | pennant or 'staff-flag' with wrapped handle |
1. God 2. n(tsh)r or n(ch)r, nṯr 3. Det. | |||||||||
pestle |
|
1.-ti,2.-(=t) | pestle | 1. second Egyptian uniliteral sign for t; 2. special usage for feminine adjectival (for example, "...may she live")[4] | |||||||||
phallus |
|
mt | phallus | Biliteral mt | |||||||||
pick |
|
grg | pick (hieroglyph) |
Ideogram or det. for grg, to "break through" and related words | |||||||||
pillar (=Heliopolis) |
|
iun (iwn) |
pillar | Tril. iun-(iwn); ideo. for iwn; an abbreviation for Iunu-(iwnw), the City of Heliopolis | |||||||||
plinth m3' |
|
ma'-(m3') | (a solid) plinth |
1. =to m3' ,
2. det. or ideo. for words meaning: true, right, truth, integrity, etc. | |||||||||
(m) plinth (shape) |
|
m (horizontal) |
plinth (hieroglyph) |
Unil. m as the horizontal m | |||||||||
plow |
|
hb | plow | Determinative for words related to 'plowing'; for hb, "plow", the phoneme hb | |||||||||
"plural" |
|
-- | "plural" | 1. signs for the plural, (horizontal, vertical, and the 'shortened-form'); 2. see: Stroke (single item); 3. see Dual (Two); 4. see Grains; 5. see Quail chick (hieroglyph) and Coil (hieroglyph) | |||||||||
pool lake (or) basin š |
|
(sh) š |
pool- lake-basin (hieroglyph) |
uniliteral (sh)-š, a pool | |||||||||
pool with legs |
|
-- | pool with legs |
pool with walking legs | |||||||||
pot |
|
nu and qd |
pot (various) (typical-spherical) |
Phoneme for nw; det. for qd, construct, mold | |||||||||
priest |
|
w'b uab |
priest | 1. Ideogram in w'b-(uab), "pure"; 2. the Priest class; 3. equal to 'purify', Gardiner no. D60,
| |||||||||
prisoner enemy rebel |
|
-- | prisoner enemy |
prisoner, enemy, rebel, (adversary) | |||||||||
prop |
|
-- | prop | (also the 4 props of 'heaven'); see grape arbor (hieroglyph), using props, Gardiner no. M43,
| |||||||||
Pschent Crown Double Crown |
|
-- | Pschent Crown Double Crown |
for the Pharaoh, King of the Two Lands, (i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt) | |||||||||
pupil (eye) djfdj |
|
djfdj | pupil (eye) | 1. Determinative in djfdj, pupil. (other spellings, /entries) | |||||||||
pyramid |
|
mr | pyramid | pyramid |
Q
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
u quail chick |
|
w u |
quail chick (hieroglyph) |
1. Unil. w, or u; 2. Either "quail chick" or equivalent coil (hieroglyph), Gardiner no. Z7,
|
R
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ra |
|
r' | Ra | Ra (=r' ) | |||||||||||
ram |
|
-- | ram | ram | |||||||||||
razor |
|
(kh)'k | razor | 1. the razor; 2. Determinative in (kh)'k; (multiple spellings in books, dictionary entries) | |||||||||||
red crown |
|
n (vertical) |
red crown | see Deshret; Red crown (hieroglyph)-(uniliteral n-(vertical)); (see also White crown) | |||||||||||
reed (flowering)-reed reed-(=rush) i |
|
i | (flowering) reed-(=rush) |
alphabetic uniliteral vowel i; ideo. in i, "rush" | |||||||||||
pair-of-reeds y ii |
|
y | pair-of-reeds | alphabetic uniliteral vowel y | |||||||||||
reed with legs i(i) it |
|
i(i) it |
(flowering) reed-(=rush) w/ legs |
combined sound-sign, determinative for i(+i); come, to come, coming, etc | |||||||||||
rushes -(bundled) -(tied) |
|
is | rushes -(bundled) -(tied) |
Ideogram for isw-(isu)-(plural), "rushes"; phoneme for is | |||||||||||
1–cane 2–reed-(=Rush) 3–(swt)-Rush 4–flowering- rush-(sedge) |
|
-- | -- | -- | |||||||||||
reed shelter (h) |
|
h | reed shelter (hieroglyph) (in a plan view) |
1. first alphabetic h; 2. Egyptian uniliteral sign h; 3. see second uniliteral h, the wick (hieroglyph), Gardiner no. V28,
| |||||||||||
renpet |
|
rnp | renpet | "rnp", or rnpt | |||||||||||
(sweet)-rhizome (sweet)-pod n(dj)m |
|
n(dj)m | rhizome seed-pod |
Ideogram for types of tree n(dj)m, and "sweet", n(dj)m | |||||||||||
("diadem") (hair)- ribbon |
|
(w3ḥw) m(dj)h-(mḏḥ) |
("diadem") (hair)- ribbon |
1. Ideogram or det. for uahu-(w3ḥw), "diadem"; also m(dj)h-(mḏḥ), "ribbon"; 2. Phoneme for m(dj)h-(mḏḥ) | |||||||||||
ripple- -of-water |
|
n (horizontal) |
ripple of water (hieroglyph) |
1. Uniliteral n, (horizontal); 2. Major preposition usage for: in, to, by, of, for, etc. | |||||||||||
road (-with-shrubs) |
|
-- | road (hieroglyph) |
road | |||||||||||
rudder ḥmw hmu |
|
ḥmw hmu-hmw |
rudder | Determinative, hmu-(ḥmw), for "rudder" and related words | |||||||||||
flowering rush šm-šm'u |
|
(sh)m'u šm'w |
flowering rush |
flowering rush; also Gardiner nos. M25, M27, M28,
|
- rabbit, see Hare (hieroglyph)
- rebel, see prisoner, enemy, rebel
S
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
sail |
|
(tsh)au-(ṯ3w) nfw, nfy |
sail (hieroglyph) |
Ideogram or det. (tsh)au-(ṯ3w), for "puff", "wind"; and in nfw, nfy, for "sailor" | |||||||||||||
sandal |
|
(tsh)bt (ṯbt)-(ṯb) |
sandal | Ideogram or det. (tsh)bt-(ṯbt), for "sandal"; phon. (tsh)b-(ṯb) | |||||||||||||
scale m(kh)3t |
|
m(kh)3t | scale | Ideogram and det. for m(kh)3t-(mḫat), "scale": see Stand (for Scales) | |||||||||||||
('an equivalent') (=type of) scale (?) |
|
u(dj)' wḏ' |
(=type of) scale (or balance) |
1. for utcha'=w(dj)' , to weigh, estimate, consider, reckon up, decide; =
2. Determinative or ideo. for right, correct, just, equable, etc | |||||||||||||
u(dj)' utch' a scale a balance (="judgement") |
|
u(dj)' | balance ligatured with arm | judge, "judgement" | |||||||||||||
"scarab" |
|
(kh)-p-r | scarab the Dung Beetle, (Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea) |
See: Scarab (artifact) See: God Khepri | |||||||||||||
scepter-heq Hq scepter ḥq |
|
ḥq | Hq-scepter | 1. 'to rule', 'chief', 'ruler', ḥq; 2. Hq scepter; 3. the pharaoh was called the Ruler of On, (Ruler of Heliopolis) | |||||||||||||
scepter-sekhem sekhem-scepter s(kh)m |
|
s(kh)m sḫm |
Sekhem scepter |
Sekhem scepter; "power" is s(kh)m, (sḫm) | |||||||||||||
Man-standing w/sekhem-&-staff |
|
-- | Man-standing w/sekhem-&-staff |
Determinative in words for 'statue': tut, (kh)nt(y)-(ẖnnt(y) | |||||||||||||
scepter-Was Was sceptre uas |
|
w3s (uas) |
w3s (u3s) |
see Was scepter | |||||||||||||
scimitar |
|
(kh)p(sh) (ḫpš) |
scimitar Khopesh |
Determinative, (kh)p(sh)-(ḫpš); see Khopesh | |||||||||||||
Seal-ring djb'i-t seal (seal- -cylinder) (valuables) |
|
many see under: djb-to seal djb'i-t |
"seal" | 1. (confer cylinder seal); 2. Ideogram or det. in (kh)tm-(ẖtm), s(dj)3t, (dj)b't, all words for "seal", or equivalent words Seal-rings, (Impression seals, or Seals of Office) | |||||||||||||
seal with necklace |
|
-- | seal with necklace |
seal with necklace | |||||||||||||
serpent (snake) |
|
hfau (ḥf3w) |
serpent (snake) |
Determinative for "serpent", and equivalent words, hfau, (ḥf3w); (See also: 1-Cobra, 2-Uraeus, 3-Viper, and 4-Apep) | |||||||||||||
Seshat's emblem |
|
s(sh)at (sš3t) |
Seshat's emblem |
Emblem and equivalent of Goddess Seshat; Ideogram or det. in Seshat's name, s(sh)at-(sš3t) | |||||||||||||
Set- animal (='Seth') |
|
-- | Set-animal (hieroglyph) |
Set (mythology) | |||||||||||||
Set-God |
|
-- | Set-God | Set (mythology) | |||||||||||||
(shade)-fan (umbrella) |
|
-- | (shade)-fan (umbrella) |
Shade-Fan, or (=Umbrella) | |||||||||||||
"ceremonial" (shade)-fan (umbrella) |
|
-- | "ceremonial" (shade)-fan (umbrella) |
ceremonial Shade-Fan | |||||||||||||
Shen ring |
|
"shen" šn |
shen ring |
Determinative in (sh)nw-(šnu), the cartouche | |||||||||||||
two whips with shen ring |
|
dm(dj) dmḏ |
two whips with shen ring (hieroglyph) |
Ideogram and det. in dmdj-(dmḏ), for "to unite" | |||||||||||||
(Goddess) Maat |
|
-- | (Goddess) Maat' |
Goddess Maat | |||||||||||||
(Maat's) Shu feather (Sh)u-Šu |
|
(Sh)u-Šu | (Maat's) Shu feather |
Goddess Shu; Maat's Shu feather | |||||||||||||
'shuti' adornment (two-feathers) (sh)uty-šuty |
|
(sh)uty-šuty | shuti two-feather adornment (hieroglyph) |
two feathers, shuti two-feather adornment | |||||||||||||
(weaver's) shuttle "netting- needle" |
|
1-'(dj)-('ḏ) 2-'nḏ |
(weaver's) shuttle "netting- needle" |
Ideogram for '(dj-('ḏ), "shuttle"; phon. for 'nḏ | |||||||||||||
sickle |
|
ma (m3) |
sickle | m3 | |||||||||||||
sieve (placenta) (kh) |
|
(kh) (ḫ) |
sieve placenta |
first uniliteral (kh) sieve or placenta-(older first form) (both (kh)1 and (kh)2, sieve and belly-with-tail are from the Old Kingdom) | |||||||||||||
silver |
|
h(dj) (ḥḏ) |
silver | 1. silver; 2. (see Gold (hieroglyph); 3. equal to Egyptian h(dj)-(ḥḏ), for "club" | |||||||||||||
sistrum (or "castanets") sš, sššt |
|
sš, sššt (also s(kh)m) |
sistrum | A. Ideo. for "sistrum", sššt, (or s(kh)m(=sistrum)); det. in sššt; B. s(kh)m is Egyptian for 'power', (confer with Sekhem scepter-(list) and Medamud-(article)) | |||||||||||||
slaughter-block w/ knife nmm nmm-t |
|
nmm (and) nmm-t |
slaughter-block w/ knife |
execute, slaughter, 'torture' | |||||||||||||
sled (sledge) |
|
tm | sled (sledge) |
Bil. tm | |||||||||||||
smite slay, beat |
|
sḳr (sqer) |
smite slay, beat |
sḳr (sqer) | |||||||||||||
Sobek Sbk |
|
sbk | (crocodile) Sobek on shrine (=fetish) |
Ideogram of det. for sbk, (Sobek); (see also Crocodile) | |||||||||||||
spindle |
|
(kh)sf ẖsf |
spindle (hieroglyph) |
Triliteral (kh)sf-ẖsf | |||||||||||||
3u spine issuing fluid |
|
3u | spine, issuing fluid | to be long, length, to extend Pharaoh: Extent of Happiness-(for Egypt-Land),
| |||||||||||||
spit |
|
(multiple- uses) |
spit | Determinative for words meaning: "to spit", "to vomit", "blood", etc. | |||||||||||||
spoon |
|
(multiple- uses) |
(spoon-shape) | see Oar | |||||||||||||
stack-(of grain) heap (kh)ty 'ḥ'-'ḥ'u |
|
(kh)ty 'ḥ'-'ḥ'u |
stack (of grain) |
Determinative in 1. 'ḥ'-'ḥ'u, for "stack-(of grain)"; (or other determiners for: food, provisions, stores, heaps of grain, wealth, riches, abundance); 2. and (kh)ty, 'heap of grain', where (kh)tyt, is "barn floor", or "place where grain is stored for sale" | |||||||||||||
stair-single |
|
-- | stair-single (hieroglyph) |
a determinative | |||||||||||||
stand (for scales) |
|
u(tsh)st (wṯst) |
stand (for scales) |
Determinative in u(tsh)st-(wṯst), for this device that supports the scale (hieroglyph); the related verb is u(tsh)s-(wṯs), Egyptian "to lift"; see Scale | |||||||||||||
star sb3 du3 |
|
sb3 dw3 |
star | Ideogram or det. for sba-(sb3), "star"; phonetic for dua-(dw3)(dua); (see Duat) | |||||||||||||
Otherworld Duat du3t |
|
sb3 dw3 |
star-in-circle | Otherworld, the Duat | |||||||||||||
1.-stela 2.-boundary stone u(dj) 'h'u |
|
u(dj)-wḏ 'h'u-'ḥ'w |
1.-stele 2.-"boundary stone" 'landmark' |
1. Ideogram or det. for u(dj)-(wḏ), a "stele"; det. for 'h'u-('ḥ'w), station (of a procession), "stele"; used also for 'memorial slab', boundary stone, landmark. 2. NOTE: there are other listed, (or Non-listed) hieroglyphs for boundary steles:
| |||||||||||||
stool- or-mat |
|
p | stool- or-mat (hieroglyph) |
1. Unil. p | |||||||||||||
stroke 1 (emphasis stroke) |
|
1.-(emphasis) 2.-"1" |
single stroke |
1. sign of the 1; also sign of emphasis, or specifying the hieroglyph emphasized-(i.e. symmetry); 2. see: Plural; 3. see Dual (Two) | |||||||||||||
sun |
|
r' (ra) |
sun (hieroglyph) |
1. the sun; 2. Major use in cartouches, or Pharaonic names: sun = Ra-R' ; 3. Used in words relating to 'time, of day'; "day", etc., see Moment of Time, etc.; "moment" uses the Hippo head, Gardiner no. F3,
also as Gardiner no. D12,
| |||||||||||||
sun-rising- -with-rays (kh)' ḫ' |
|
(kh)' ḫ' |
sun-rising- -with-rays |
Bil. (kh)' , ḫ' | |||||||||||||
sun-shining- with-rays ubn 3(kh)u, psdj piercing- -rays stiut-stut |
|
(many uses) (Betrò ref)[5] |
sun-shining- with-rays (hieroglyph) |
"Sun-with-rays"; also used for "people of the sun"-(Heliopolitan theology) For "Piercing Rays", see "to shoot", Hide-with-pierced-arrow, sti | |||||||||||||
(fiber) swab straw-broom sq u3ḥ |
|
sq, (or) u3ḥ bil.-tril. |
(fiber) swab (straw broom) |
1. Biliteral sq; "to clean", "dust"; 2. Triliteral uah, (w3ḥ) | |||||||||||||
swallow |
|
wr | swallow (hieroglyph) |
Biliteral wr, ur; 2. Egyptian for "great"; (confer with cuneiform GAL); 3. often in composition blocks with r, mouth,
|
- scalpel, see chisel-or-scalpel
- scribe writing tools, see (scribe)-writing tools
- to seal-up, to furnish, see float, Egyptian lang. djb
- 'ship', see the boats
- slaughter, see fall, defeat, slaughter
- snake, see serpent
- soldier, see archer
- 'sphinx' , see lion-reclining (hieroglyph)
- "spoon"-(shape), see oar
- stick, see branch
- straw broom, see (fiber) swab
T
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
tail sd |
|
sd | tail | 1. Determinative for sd, "tail"; then phon., sd; 2. (See: "Festival of the Tail", the Sed festival) | |||||||
tether |
|
tsh (ṯ) |
tether (hieroglyph) |
Unil. tsh, (=ch) | |||||||
tether with legs |
|
-- | tether rope with legs |
tether rope with walking legs; (return ?) | |||||||
threshing- floor |
|
sp (from spt) |
threshing- floor |
Biliteral sp; (equal to Egyptian: "time"); see also "time", Gardiner no. O48,
| |||||||
throwing stick |
|
-- | throw stick (hieroglyph) |
1. Ideogram in niwt, "city"; 2. Det. in names of countries, towns, placenames, etc. | |||||||
"time" |
|
sp | time | time; see also "threshing floor", Gardiner no. O50,
| |||||||
"moment of time" (instant) |
|
at (3t) |
moment snap-of-a-finger |
a "moment", 'an instant', a snap-of-a-finger; phonetically 3t; in composition block, with sun (hieroglyph), Gardiner no. 5,
| |||||||
A-tongue B-30th ns |
|
ns | tongue | 1. 1. Egyp. bil. ns. 2. A-tongue, and related words for speech; B-30th, and therefore, (next)-last. | |||||||
trap (=bird-trap) s(kh)t-sḫt |
|
s(kh)t (sḫt) |
trap (device) |
1. trap, bird-trap, (the device); 2. Ideogram or det. in s(kh)t-(sḫt), Egyptian "trap" and related words | |||||||
tree |
|
i3m, im3 | tree (hieroglyph) |
Determinative for 'tree'; also, Egyptian: i3m, im3 | |||||||
trussed goose (or duck) u(sh)n sn(tj) |
|
u(sh)n (phon.-sn(tj)) |
trussed goose (or duck) |
1. Determinative for u(sh)n, (wšn), Egyptian: "twist the neck (of a bird)"; 2. Phonetically sn(tj), (snṯ) 3. (see Trussed-goose Palette) | |||||||
turtle št (sh)t |
|
(sh)t št |
turtle | turtle | |||||||
tusk (elephant) |
|
bh, hw bḥ, ḥw |
(elephant) tusk |
1. Bil. for 2 values: bh, and hw, (bḥ and ḥu); 2. also det. for 'teeth', "actions of teeth"[6] 3. also used in reliefs, and stelae lunettes | |||||||
Two Ladies |
|
-- | two-goddesses on two baskets (="Ladies of South + North") |
the goddesses representing: the Goddess of the South, Goddess of the North-(Nile Delta)-Goddesses Nekhbet and Wadjet |
- token, see pawn, draughtsman, token, "game-piece"
- town plan, see crossroads, intersection, town plan
- (fish) trap, see fish trap
- two, see dual
U
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
union |
|
sma (sm3) |
lung-and- trachea union |
Egyptian "lung", sma-(sm3); used for union, (as in the "Two Lands", "Upper and Lower Egypt)-(Lower Egypt=the Nile Delta); Ideogram or det. for "unite", "join" | |||
uraeus i'rt' |
|
-- | uraeus | Uraeus; Determinative for i'rt, the Uraeus, and also in Goddess names |
- umbrella, see Shade-Fan-1, Shade-Fan-2
V
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
vase water-pot ḥs |
|
ḥs | vase water pot |
Bil. hs, (ḥs) | ||
viper |
|
f | viper (hieroglyph) |
1. Uniliteral f; 2. possessive pronoun "his", (following the noun, "...Pharaoh-his...", "town-his") | ||
vulture (Egyptian) 3 (=A) |
|
3 | (Egyptian) vulture (hieroglyph) |
Unil. a, or A,-(3) |
W
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
wall inb |
|
inb | wall | 1. Ideogram or det. for inb, "wall";2. (a det. for related words) | |||||
collapsing- wall |
|
uhn-(whn) s(kh)nn-(sẖnn) |
collapsing- wall |
Determinative for: 1–"knock down"; 2–uhn-(whn), for "overwhelm"; 3–s(kh)nn-(sẖnn), for "demolish" | |||||
man -constructing |
|
qd | man -constructing |
man constructing: a "Mason"; Ideogram or det. for qd, "to construct" (See: ancient Rhacotis, (Alexandria)) | |||||
scepter-Was Was sceptre uas |
|
w3s (uas) |
w3s (u3s) |
see Was scepter | |||||
water-pot (vase) |
|
hs (ḥs) |
water pot (vase) |
Bil. hs, (ḥs) | |||||
water skinšd (sh)d |
|
(sh)dw-(šdu) (sh)d-(šd) |
water- skin "belly" |
1. Determinative for (sh)dw-(šdu), "belly"; phon. for (sh)d-(šd); 2. (See: similar shaped hieroglyph: whip) | |||||
whip mḥ |
|
mḥ | whip | Bil. mh, (mḥ); (See: similar shaped hieroglyph: water-skin) | |||||
two whips with shen ring |
|
dm(dj) dmḏ |
two whips with shen ring (hieroglyph) |
Ideogram and det. in dmdj-(dmḏ), for "to unite" | |||||
white crown ḥ(dj) |
|
ḥ(dj) | white crown | see Hedjet; (see also Red crown & Pschent)) | |||||
Pschent Crown Double Crown |
|
-- | Pschent Crown Double Crown |
for the Pharaoh, King of the Two Lands, (i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt) | |||||
dj'm white-gold |
|
(dj)'m tch'm |
gold collar ligatured with was sceptre | white-gold see gold (hieroglyph) | |||||
wick ḥ |
|
ḥ | wick (hieroglyph) |
1. second uniliteral ḥ; 2. see first uniliteral h, the reed shelter (hieroglyph), Gardiner no. O4,
| |||||
wine jars irp |
|
"irp" | wine jars |
Determinative in irp, "wine" | |||||
wing |
|
(dj)nh, dnh ḏnḥ, dnḥ |
wing | Determinative for (dj)nh, dnh-(ḏnḥ, dnḥ), "wing"; also for words relating to flying | |||||
woman man |
|
-- | woman man |
woman | |||||
woman-and- infant |
|
-- | woman-and- infant |
woman-and-infant | |||||
woman- in-birth |
|
-- | woman- in-birth |
woman-in-birth | |||||
woman-nursing |
|
-- | woman-nursing | woman-nursing | |||||
(Scribe-God) Thoth |
|
Djehuti | Thoth-(ibis) on his standard |
Thoth | |||||
(scribe) writing tools |
|
-- | scribal equipment |
scribe tools: vertical case(?)-pot-palette; the pot is originally a leather bag for the red and black 'inks' |
- washer's stick, see fuller's club
- (wooden)-column, see column
X
[edit]Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
X crossed- sticks |
|
-- | x crossed- sticks |
det.: separate, cross, pass by; also items that are 'bad', or 'negative' (see: Crown Prince Thutmose#The schist recumbent bier) |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hieroglyphs of Egypt.
Citations
[edit]- ^ Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, Arms in the Sign of Negation, p. 59.
- ^ Budge, 1989, (1929), The Rosetta Stone, p. 288-289.
- ^ Budge, 1989, (1929). The Rosetta Stone, p. 126.
- ^ Zauzich, 1992. Hieroglyphs Without Mystery: An Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Writing, section: Tutankhamun's Alabaster Chest, p. 59-65.
- ^ Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, Sun with Rays, p. 152.
- ^ Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, Elephant Tusks, p. 119.
Bibliography
[edit]- Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, Betrò, Maria Carmela, c. 1995, 1996-(English), Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, London, Paris (hardcover, ISBN 0-7892-0232-8)
- Budge, 1978, (1920). An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, E.A.Wallace Budge, (Dover Publications), c 1978, (c 1920), Dover edition, c 1978; cliv-(154) and 1314 pp. (In two volumes) (softcover, ISBN 0-486-23615-3)
- Budge. The Rosetta Stone, E.A.Wallace Budge, (Dover Publications), c 1929, Dover edition(unabridged), 1989. (softcover, ISBN 0-486-26163-8)
- 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)