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Gardiner's Sign List is a list of common Egyptian hieroglyphs compiled by Sir Alan Gardiner. It is considered a standard reference in the study of Ancient Egypt. [citation needed]
Gardiner lists only the most common forms of Egyptian hieroglyphs, but he includes extensive subcategories, and also both vertical and horizontal forms for many hieroglyphs. He includes size-variation forms to aid with the reading of hieroglyphs in running blocks of text. (The Budge Reference has about 1000 hieroglyphs listed in 50 pages, but with no size varieties.)
Other subcategories included by Gardiner are abbreviations and personalized forms, and also a complete subset, used on papyrus, specifically for the Book of the Dead.
[edit] Categories in the "sign list"
- 1–A Man and his occupations. A1-A56, (+A59 Man w/Club).
- 2–B Woman and her occupations. B1-B7. [also B8-B12; see hieroglyphs.]
- 3–C Anthropomorphic deities. C1-C20.
[edit] Examples
Set 1 and 2:
- 4–D Parts of the human body. D1-D63.
- 5–E Mammals. E1-E34. Ox -Rabbit.
- 6–F Parts of Mammals. F1-F52.
- 7–G Birds. G1-G54.
- 8–H Parts of Birds. H1-H8.
- 9–I Amphibious animals, reptiles, etc. I1-I15.
K(last) –Buildings(last)
in hieroglyphs |
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K8 |
L8 |
M45 |
N44 |
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O52 |
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- 10–K Fishes and parts of fishes. K1-K7.
- 11–L Invertebrata and lesser animals. L1-L7.
- 12–M Trees and plants. M1-M44.
- 13–N Sky, earth, water. N1-N43.
- 14–O Buildings, parts of building, etc. O1-O51.
- 15–P Ships and parts of ships. P1-P11.
- 16–Q Domestic and funerary furniture. Q1-Q7.
- 17–R Temple furniture and sacred emblems. R1-R25.
- 18–S Crowns, dress, staves, etc. S1-S45.
- 19–T Warfare, hunting, butchery. T1-T35.
- 20–U Agriculture, crafts, and professions. U1-U41.
- 21–V Rope, fibre, baskets, bags, etc. V1-V38.
- (V39 is Knot of Isis). See Isis.
- 22–W Vessels of stone and earthenware. W1-W25.
- 23–X Loaves and cakes. X1-X8.
- 24–Y Writings, games, music. Y1-Y8.
- 25–Z Strokes, signs derived from hieratic, geometrical fiqures. Z1-Z11.
- 26–Aa Unclassified. Aa1-Aa31.
- (Aa32 is also in Warfare.)
[edit] The alphabet
A, a– through D, d
in hieroglyphs |
| AAA |
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aaa |
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B |
bbb |
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C |
c |
DDD |
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ddd |
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- A– A or G1
- a– a or D36
- b– b or D58
- D– D or I10
- d– d or D46
- – No B, C, c.
- f– f or I9
- g– g or W11
- H– H or V28
- h– h or O4
- – No E, e, F, G.
- i– i or H6
- k– k or K30 or K31 (reversed)
- – No I, K, L .
- M– M or Aa15 (also Aa13)
- m– m or G17
- N– N or S3
- n– n or N35
- – No O, o; Extra M: Aa13.
- p– p or Q3
- q– q or X7
- r– r or D21 ( r =Renenet ( ren = "Name" )
- – No P, Q, R.
- S– S or N37
- s– s or S29
- T– T or V13
- t– t or X1
- – No U, u, (V13=V14).
- W– W or V1
- w– w or G43
- X– X or F32
- x– x or Aa1
- – No V, v (x is [Kh] ).
Y, y– through Aa1,Aa32
in hieroglyphs |
| Y |
yyy |
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Z |
zzz |
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Z2Z2Z2 |
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Z2ssZ2ssZ2ss |
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Aa33 |
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- y– y or Z4
- z– z or O34
- (+Z2, Z2ss).
- Aa32– (Aa32 is also in warfare)
- – No Y, Z .
[edit] Egyptian art–philosophy, profiled by the list
Wilkinson's, Reading Egyptian Art, profiles about ( 1/10th ), one tenth of Gardiner's Sign List. The following (in 2 - 6 Egyptian art-objects/ per page), are profiled:
[edit] Sets A–D
Selections (only): Men, Women, Antrhopomorphic: A1(se), A22(khenty), A28(hai), A30(dua), A40(netcher)(See Block statue (Egyptian)), C10(maat)(Ma'at) (plus H6(shut)), C11(Heh)( with/M4) (See Huh (god)).
Major ( + Wiki): D1(tep)(See also Canopic jar), D10(wedjat)-Eye of Horus, D18(mesedjer), D27(menedj)(See also Situla (Egyptian)), D28(ka)-Ka, or Ba, (Egyptian soul), D32(hepet), D39(derep)(see also Sphinx, D49(khefa).
[edit] Sets E–F
E1,E2(ka)(see Apis (Egyptian mythology))(also Narmer Palette).
E4(hesat), E10(ba), E13(miu)(see Bast (goddess)), E15,E16,E17(Ienpu)(See Anubis).
E20,E21(Setekh)(Set (mythology), E22,E23 (mai, ru) (Sphinx), E25(deb)(See Tawaret), E32(ian)(Baboon=Scribe God: Thoth).
F24(khepesh), Orion, F34(ieb), F35(nefer)(See Nefertiti).
F36 (sema= "Union") (See Upper and Lower Egypt), G5(bik) Horus, G14(neret), Mut.
[edit] Sets G–L
Birds (cont.) –/Parts of Birds
-Crocodile
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G29(ba), Saddle-billed Stork (erroneously called "jabiru" sometimes)
G31, G32(benu), (See heron->Bennu->Phoenix), G53(ba), Egyptian soul.
H6(shut)(+ C10), Shu (Egyptian deity), (See Ma'at– "Feather of Truth" ).
I3,I4,I5(meseh) Sobek.
I7(kerer) Heget, I12,I13(iaret) Uraeus, K1(ienet), L1(kheper) Khepri, M4(renpit)(+C11), See Huh (god).
M9(seshen) "Lotus", Nymphaea, Blue Lotus Nymphaea caerulea, Tiger Lotus Nymphaea lotus.
[edit] Sets M–S
M15,M16(mehyt) Papyrus, M20(sekhet), see Aaru.
N5,N6,N8(ra) Ra, N27(akhet), (see Akhenaten).
O23(sed) Sed festival, O33(serekh) Serekh, P3(wia) Solar barge.
R11(djed) Djed, S34(ankh) Ankh, S40(was) Was.
[edit] Sets V–Unclassified
V9(shen) Shen ring, V10(shenu) Cartouche, V39(tiet) Knot of Isis.
W3 (shes, heb) ( Sed festival ), Y3(menhed), see Scribe, Y5(senet) Senet, Y8(sesheshet) Sistrum.
[edit] See also
- Alan Gardiner
- Egyptian hieroglyphs
- Transliteration of ancient Egyptian
- List of hieroglyphs (with vertical, horiz-rt, horiz-left). All horizontal hieroglyphs have to be represented in both a 'right' and 'left' form, since texts always read: 1–down, 2–horizontal-right, or 3–horizonatal-left. An example: The "funeral" term after a deceased Eyptians name: "True of Voice", or the equivalent "Venerable", cannot now be represented from Gardiner's List. Character No. Aa11 (a Plinth), is only horizontal, and P8 (a "ships paddle"), is only vertical. For the term "Venerable", they need to be represented, side-by-side, either vertically or horizontally. See the hieroglyphic box.
[edit] References
- Budge, Sir E.A.Wallis. An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, in Two Volumes, Sir E.A.Wallis Budge, (Dover Publications, Inc. New York), c 1920, Dover Edition, c 1978. (Large categorized listings of Hieroglyphs, Vol 1, pp. xcvii-cxlvii (97-147) (25 categories, 1000+ hieroglyphs), 50 pgs.)
- Wilkinson, Richard. Reading Egyptian Art, A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient Egyptian Painting and Sculpture, Richard H. Wilkinson, with 450 Illustrations, (Thames & Hudson Ltd, London), c 1992.
