Talk:List of hieroglyphs

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[edit] Organization

This needs to be organized by something, What do you think we should organize it by? Fresheneesz 00:29, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Some reason why you started this article instead of using Gardiner's Sign List? Perhaps they should be merged? And renamed to List of Egyptian hieroglypyhs (and not Mayan or Hittite) 212.239.164.54 05:44, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Full lists can be found at Help:WikiHiero syntax and de:Gardiner-Liste. Transcription should be added as well, of course. kwami 22:04, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

I don't think they should be merged, but I think that either the Gardiner list should have its actual list on the page, or this page can have the gardiner list on it. But I started this page to list all known hieroglyphs not just the ones on the gardiner list. Fresheneesz 03:33, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

I worked on the "Gardiner's Sign List" page as a preparation for entering hieroglyphic names into Wiki articles. I think it is too soon to merge the pages, as some developments are still being sorted out.

The category: Hieroglyphs needs to have more pages made or referenced. I originally wanted to put "SA" there, but the SA I am more interested in is the "SA" that refers to the word 'gnostic' in Greek, "to know", "to be cognizant of". Cuneiform also has the same word, from the Amarna letters time period, in pre-Hebrew, Canaanite.

The "SA" hieroglyph I am referring to is an upside down "Flag-looking" glyph, above a seated man. It is also a god, with the symbol above his head, the god: " SA ", who can "see" the way ahead. (He, she, it is cognizant, knows the way.) He can be seen at the front of some Solar barges, showing the way.

So, I think some more development of individual Egyptian topics is needed, before a Merge. Another good example are the Scarab (Egyptian artefact)s artefacts. It is a major hieroglyph, basically the Xeper, but is an artefact, often a Scarab (memorial) that was used to date, and memorialize. (An individual, a victory, an event, etc. The examples include the Thutmose III, 5-series Scarabs, which were reproduced like newspapers. Formerly the references to the Scarab, were only the beetle itself: Scarab beetle redirects to Dung beetle). The Egyptian hieroglyph was not just a linguistic item; it was a representation that linked to other parts of Egyptian ideology, (and still being understood, discovered, and re-understood).

"SA" is found, in the 3-stone series, on the Rosetta Stone series. The Greek texts of the stones, use the word "gnostic" (gnorimon, I think. -- I just looked: in Uncials: ...., OPOS GNORIMON OI DIOTI, .....)-- MMcAnnis,YumaAZ--Mmcannis 23:42, 27 April 2006 (UTC)