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 M : Trees and Plants
M1 tree
Usage: D 'tree'; P Phonetic value(s): i(A)m
M2 herb
Usage: D 'plant, flower, be light'; P Phonetic value(s): is
M3 branch
Usage: I 'wood'; P Phonetic value(s): xt
M4 palm branch stripped of leaves and notched
Usage: D 'be young'; I 'year'; Phonetic value(s):
M5 combination of M4 and X1
Usage: I, D 'season' Phonetic value(s): tr
M6 combination of M4 and D21
Usage: I, D 'season, pray, assess taxes' Phonetic value(s): tr, ti, ri
M7 combination of M4 and Q3
Usage: I, D 'be young, vigorous' Phonetic value(s): rnpi
M8 pool with lotus flowers
Usage: I 'lotus pool, meadow'; P Phonetic value(s): SA, S
M9 lotus flower
Usage: I, D 'lotus' Phonetic value(s): sSn
M10 lotus bud
Usage: D 'lotus bud' Phonetic value(s):
M11 flower on long twisting stalk
Usage: I, D 'offer' Phonetic value(s):
M12 leaf, stalk and rhizome of lotus
Usage: I 'lotus plants, 1000'; P Phonetic value(s): xA
M13 stem of papyrus
Usage: I 'papyrus column'; P Phonetic value(s): w(A)D
M14 combination of papyrus M13 and serpent I10
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): w(A)D
M15 clump of papyrus with buds bent down
Usage: D 'papyrus, watery regions, Lower Egypt'; P Phonetic value(s): Ax
M16 clump of papyrus
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): HA
M17 flowering reed
Usage: I 'reeds'; P Phonetic value(s): i
M18 combination of reed M17 and walking legs D54
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): ii
M19 heaped conical cakes between reed M17 and sign like U36
Usage: D 'pile of offerings' Phonetic value(s):
M20 reeds growing side by side
Usage: I, D 'marshland, country, peasant' Phonetic value(s):
M21 reeds growing side by side as M20 but with a loop at the side
Usage: I 'herb, plant'; P Phonetic value(s): sm
M22 rush with shoots
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): nxb
M22* two rushes with shoots
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): nn
M23 plant regarded as typical of Upper Egypt (M26?)
Usage: I 'the sout-plant'; P Phonetic value(s): sw
M24 combination of plant M23 and mouth D21
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): rsw
M25 confusion of M24 and M26 ('faulty' writing)
Usage: Phonetic value(s):
M26 sedge(?) growing from a sign for land (N17?)
Usage: I 'Upper Egypt' Phonetic value(s): Smaw
M27 combination of sedge M26 and arm D36
Usage: I 'Upper Egypt' Phonetic value(s): Smaw
M28 combination of sedge M26 and the sign for ten V20
Usage: I 'Greatest of the tens of U. E.' Phonetic value(s): wr-mDw-Smaw
M29 pod from some sweet-smelling tree
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): nDm
M30 a sweet-tasting root?
Usage: I, D 'sweet' Phonetic value(s):
M31 stylised rhizome of a lotus (XVIII dyn.)
Usage: D 'grow' Phonetic value(s):
M32 rhizome of a lotus (XII dyn. variant of M31)
Usage: D 'grow' Phonetic value(s):
M33 grains of corn
Usage: I , D 'barley, corn' Phonetic value(s):
M33* grains of corn (alternative writing of M33)
Usage: I , D 'barley, corn' Phonetic value(s):
M34 bearded ear of emmer
Usage: I, D 'emmer' Phonetic value(s):
M35 heap of corn
Usage: D 'heaps' Phonetic value(s):
M36 bundle of flax stems showing the bolls
Usage: D 'bind together'; P Phonetic value(s): Dr
M37 bundle of flax stems (O.K. form of M36)
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): Dr
M38 bundle of flax stems (O.K. variant of M37)
Usage: D 'flax, bind together' Phonetic value(s):
M39 basket of fruit or grain
Usage: D 'vegetable offerings' Phonetic value(s):
M40 bundle of reeds
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): is
M41 log of wood stripped of its branches (XVIII dyn.)
Usage: D 'wood' Phonetic value(s):
M42 flower?
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): wn
M43 vine on props
Usage: D 'vine, wine, fruit' Phonetic value(s):
M44 thorn
Usage: D 'thorn, sharp' Phonetic value(s):
M105 M15 with town niwt as base
Usage: I, D 'Lower Egypt'; P Phonetic value(s): Ax, mHw
