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 Z : Strokes, Signs derived from Hieratic, Geometrical Figures

Z1 stroke (a wooden dowel?)

Usage: I, D 'one, unity, indicates meaning of ideogram'; See extensive notes in Gardiner Phonetic value(s):

Z2 three strokes (also written 1 over 2 and vertically)

Usage: D 'plurality'; See extensive notes in Gardiner Phonetic value(s):

Z3 three vertical strokes Z1 written vertically

Usage: D 'plurality' Phonetic value(s):

Z4 two diagonal strokes

Usage: D 'dual, replacement of dangerous signs'; P Phonetic value(s): y

Z5 diagonal stroke (as made in hieratic)

Usage: D 'replaces (dangerous) human figures and determinatives difficult to draw' Phonetic value(s):

Z6 substitute for bound captive A13 or A14

Usage: D 'death, enemy' Phonetic value(s):

Z7 abbreviated form of quail-chick G43 (XVIII dyn. from Akhenaton)

Usage: P Phonetic value(s): w

Z8 oval

Usage: D 'round' Phonetic value(s):

Z9 two sticks crossed

Usage: D 'break, actions involving crossed or encountered, answer'; P Phonetic value(s): swA, sD, xbs, Sbn, wp, wr

Z10 two sticks crossed (O.K. form of Z9)

Usage: D 'break, actions involving crossed or encountered, answer'; P Phonetic value(s): swA, sD, xbs, Sbn, wp, wr

Z11 two planks crossed and joined

Usage: I 'who is in'; P Phonetic value(s): imi

Z107 number eight, Ogdoad of Hermopolis

Usage: I 'Ogdoad'; P Phonetic value(s): xmn(yw)