The Polychrome Hieroglyph Research Project

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 T : Warfare, Hunting, Butchery

T1 prehistoric mace with cup- or dish-shaped head
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): mnw
T2 mace with pear-shaped head in act of smiting
Usage: D 'smite' Phonetic value(s):
T3 mace with pear-shaped head (vertical)
Usage: I 'mace'; P Phonetic value(s): HD
T4 mace T3 with a strap to pass around hand
Usage: I 'mace'; P Phonetic value(s): HD
T5 combination of mace T3 and serpent I10
Usage: I 'mace'; P Phonetic value(s): HD
T6 combination of mace T3 and two serpents I10
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): HDD
T7 axe
Usage: I, D 'axe, hew, carpenter' Phonetic value(s):
T7* axe of more recent type
Usage: D 'axe' Phonetic value(s):
T8 dagger of archaic type
Usage: D 'dagger'; P Phonetic value(s): tpy
T8* dagger of M.K. and later type
Usage: D 'dagger' Phonetic value(s):
T9 bow consisting of oryx horns joined by a wooden centre-piece
Usage: I, D 'bow'; P Phonetic value(s): pD
T9* bow - better O.K. form of T9
Usage: I, D 'bow'; P Phonetic value(s): pD
T10 composite bow with middle tied to bow-string when out of use
Usage: D 'bow, foreign people, troop, bowman' Phonetic value(s):
T10* archaic type of bow - in fact Aa32 included here by Gardiner
Usage: I, D 'Nubia' Phonetic value(s): tA-st
T11 arrow
Usage: D 'arrow'; P Phonetic value(s): sin, swn
T12 bow-string
Usage: I, D 'string, bow-string, restrain'; P Phonetic value(s): rwD, Ar, Ai
T13 pieces of wood joined and lashed at the joint
Usage: I 'be wakeful, vigilant'; P Phonetic value(s): rs
T14 throw-stick, or club as a foreign weapon of warfare
Usage: D 'throw-stick, throw'; D 'club, foreigner' Phonetic value(s):
T15 throw stick or club (O.K. form of T14)
Usage: D 'throw-stick, throw'; D 'club, foreigner' Phonetic value(s):
T16 scimetar
Usage: D 'scimetar' Phonetic value(s):
T17 chariot
Usage: I, D 'chariot' Phonetic value(s): wrrt
T18 crook S39 with a package containing a knife etc. lashed to it
Usage: I 'follow, accompany' Phonetic value(s):
T19 harpoon head of bone
Usage: D 'bone, harpoon'; P Phonetic value(s): os, gn
T20 harpoon (O.K. form)
Usage: D 'bone, harpoon'; P Phonetic value(s): os, gn
T21 one-barbed harpoon
Usage: I 'one' Phonetic value(s):
T22 two-barbed arrow-head
Usage: I 'two'; P Phonetic value(s): sn
T23 two-barbed arrow-head (XVIII dyn. Alternative form
Usage: I 'two'; P Phonetic value(s): sn
T24 fishing-net
Usage: D 'net, field'; P Phonetic value(s): aH, iH
T25 reed floats used in fishing and hunting the hippopotamus
Usage: I 'floats'; P Phonetic value(s): DbA
T26 bird trap
Usage: I, D 'trap, snare' Phonetic value(s):
T27 bird trap (O.K. form of T26)
Usage: I, D 'trap, snare' Phonetic value(s):
T28 butcher's block
Usage: I 'under'; P Phonetic value(s): Xr
T29 combination of butcher's block T 28 and knife T30
Usage: I 'place of slaughter' Phonetic value(s):
T30 knife
Usage: D 'knife, sharp, cut' Phonetic value(s):
T31 knife sharpener(?)
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): sSm
T32 combination of knife sharpener T31 and walking legs D54
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): sSm
T33 knife sharpener as carried by butcher (O.K.)
Usage: I 'butcher' Phonetic value(s): sSm(?)
T34 butcher's knife
Usage: I 'knife' Phonetic value(s): nm
T35 butcher's knife (alternative form of T34)
Usage: I 'knife' Phonetic value(s): nm
T36 bouclier??? Not in Gardiner
Usage: Phonetic value(s):
T87 fish hook
Usage: D'fish hook' Phonetic value(s):