Université Libre de Bruxelles - Faculté de Philosophie et Sciences sociales
This page displays a list of all signs in a Gardiner group.
Usage abbreviations are "I" (Ideogram), "D" (Determinative) and "P" (Phoneme).
Click on a Hieroglyph to list all occurrences of the sign.
Signs in Group A : Man and his Occupations
A1 seated man
Usage: I 'man, his relationships or occupations'; I, D 'I,me' Phonetic value(s): .i
A1A hieratic form of A1
Usage: as A1 Phonetic value(s): .i
A2 man with hand to mouth
Usage: D 'eat, drink, speak, think, feel' Phonetic value(s):
A3 man sitting on heel
Usage: D 'sit' Phonetic value(s):
A4 man with arms raised
Usage: D 'supplicate, hide' Phonetic value(s):
A5 man hiding behind wall
Usage: D 'hide' Phonetic value(s):
A6 man receiving purification
Usage: I 'pure, clean' Phonetic value(s):
A7 man sinking to ground from fatigue
Usage: D 'weary, weak' Phonetic value(s):
A8 man performing 'henou' rite
Usage: D 'jubilation' Phonetic value(s):
A9 man steadying basket W10 on head
Usage: D 'load, carry, work' Phonetic value(s): kAt
A10 man holding oar
Usage: D 'sail' Phonetic value(s):
A11 man holding the 'aba' sceptre S42 and crook S39
Usage: I, D 'friend' Phonetic value(s):
A12 soldier with bow and quiver
Usage: I, D 'army, soldiers' Phonetic value(s):
A13 man with arms tied behind back
Usage: D 'enemy' Phonetic value(s):
A14 man with blood streaming from his head
Usage: D 'die, enemy' Phonetic value(s):
A14* as A14 but blood interpreted as an axe
Usage: D 'die, enemy' Phonetic value(s):
A14C man striking with stick?
Usage: D 'rebel' Phonetic value(s):
A15 man falling
Usage: I, D 'fall, overthrow' Phonetic value(s):
A16 man bowing down
Usage: D 'bow down' Phonetic value(s):
A17 child sitting (on lap) with hand to mouth
Usage: D 'young' Phonetic value(s): Xrd, nni
A17* child in sitting posture, arms hanging down
Usage: D 'sit, young' Phonetic value(s):
A18 child with crown of Lower Egypt S3
Usage: D 'child-king' Phonetic value(s):
A19 bent man leaning on stick
Usage: I, D 'old, great' Phonetic value(s): ik
A20 man leaning on forked stick
Usage: I, D 'eldest' Phonetic value(s):
A21 man holding stick in one hand and handkerchief in the other
Usage: I, D 'official, noble' Phonetic value(s):
A22 statue of man with stick and 'aba' sceptre S42
Usage: D 'statue' Phonetic value(s):
A23 king with stick and club T3
Usage: D 'sovereign' Phonetic value(s):
A24 man striking with stick
Usage: D 'strike, force, effort' Phonetic value(s):
A25 man striking with left arm hanging behind back
Usage: I 'strike' Phonetic value(s):
A26 man with one arm raised in invocation
Usage: D 'call, O (vocative)' Phonetic value(s):
A27 man hastening with one arm raised
Usage: P prep. 'by' Phonetic value(s): in
A28 man with both arms raised
Usage: D 'high, joy, mourn' Phonetic value(s):
A29 man upside-down
Usage: D 'be upside-down' Phonetic value(s):
A30 man with arms outstretched
Usage: D 'praise, supplicate, awe' Phonetic value(s):
A31 man with his arms stretched out behind him
Usage: D 'turn away' Phonetic value(s):
A32 man dancing
Usage: D 'dance, joy' Phonetic value(s):
A33 man with stick and bundle or mat on shoulder
Usage: I, D 'herdsman, wander' Phonetic value(s):
A34 man pounding in a mortar
Usage: D 'pound, build' Phonetic value(s):
A35 man building a wall
Usage: I, D 'build' Phonetic value(s):
A36 man kneading and straining into a vessel
Usage: I, D 'brewer' Phonetic value(s):
A37 commoner form of A36
Usage: I, D 'brewer' Phonetic value(s):
A38 man holding necks of two emblematic animals with panther heads
Usage: I 'Cusae (town)' Phonetic value(s): ois, osy
A39 alternative form of A38
Usage: I 'Cusae (town)' Phonetic value(s): ois, osy
A40 seated god (curved beard and straight wig)
Usage: D 'god'; I, D 'I,me (god)' Phonetic value(s): .i
A40E seated god with curved beard and straight wig, holding an ankh
Usage: D 'god'; I, D 'I,me (god)' Phonetic value(s): .i
A41 king (uraeus, straight beard and coif'
Usage: D 'king'; I, D 'I,me (king) Phonetic value(s): .i
A42 as A41 but with flagellum S45
Usage: D 'king'; I, D 'I,me (king) Phonetic value(s): .i
A42A king holding a mace (hedj)
Usage: D 'king, royalty' Phonetic value(s):
A43 king wearing crown of Upper Egypt S1
Usage: I, D 'king of Upper Egypt'; D 'Osiris' Phonetic value(s): nsw
A44 as A43 but with flagellum S45
Usage: I, D 'king of Upper Egypt'; D 'Osiris' Phonetic value(s): nsw
A45 king wearing crown of Lower Egypt S3
Usage: I, D 'king of Lower Egypt'; Phonetic value(s): bity
A46 as A45 but with flagellum S45
Usage: I, D 'king of Lower Egypt'; Phonetic value(s): bity
A46* seated king with pschent and flagellum
Usage: I, D 'king of Upper and Lower Egypt'; Phonetic value(s): nsw-bity
A47 shepherd seated and wrapped in a mantle, holding a stick with appendage
Usage: I, D 'herdsman, guard, protect' Phonetic value(s):
A48 beardless man (or woman?) holding knife(?)
Usage: I, D 'relating to, belonging to' Phonetic value(s): iry
A49 Syrian seated holding stick
Usage: D 'foreigner' Phonetic value(s):
A50 man of rank seated on chair
Usage: D 'revered persons; I, D 'I,me' Phonetic value(s): .i
A51 as A50 with flagellum S45
Usage: I 'be noble' Phonetic value(s): Spsi
A52 noble squatting with flagellum S45
Usage: D 'revered persons' Phonetic value(s):
A52* noble squatting with lotus flower
Usage: D 'name "Ankh-paf-hery" (monument 26)' Phonetic value(s):
A53 mummy upright
Usage: D 'mummy, form, shape' Phonetic value(s):
A54 recumbent mummy
Usage: D 'dead' Phonetic value(s):
A55 mummy lying on bed
Usage: D 'lie, death' Phonetic value(s):
A59 man threatening with stick (after A25 in Gardiner)
Usage: D 'drive away' Phonetic value(s):
A73 seated man with arms raised (similar to A102)
Usage: I, D 'moan, lament'; P Phonetic value(s): Hai
A108* singer, with upturned palm, arm outstretched and with long lock of hair (glyph copied from Smith)
Usage: I, D 'singer' Phonetic value(s): Hsw
A255 cube statue of man
Usage: I, D 'cube statue, statue'; P Phonetic value(s): Hsy, twt
