Sieve (hieroglyph)

Sieve
(Placenta)
(early Egypt)
in hieroglyphs

The Ancient Egyptian Sieve hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. Aa1 for the shape of a circular sieve; it is also seen as a 'placenta'.[1]

The sieve hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter kh.[2] The alternate kh is the animal belly with tail, Gardiner no F32.

The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters

The following two tables show the Egyptian uniliteral signs. (24 letters, but multiple use hieroglyphs)

a
i
y
'
(w,u)
B
P
F
M
N
R
H1
H2
Kh1
Kh2
S
(Sh)=Š
Q/K2
K
G
T
ChTj
D
Dj
L/(R)
(special)
(Ptolemaic,
etc.)
-- -- -- -- --
a i
(ee)
y
ii
'
ah, (aïn)
w, (u)
(oo)
B
P F M N R H1
H2 (Kh)1 (Kh)2 S Sh
(Sh)
K
emphatic
K G T Tj
Ch
Tsh
D Dj
(additionally 4
for vert/horiz)
-- -- -- -- --
M
(horiz)
M2-Plinth
N
(vert)
(see:
N (red crown))
S
(vert)
S (folded
cloth)
M
(3rd-M
-2nd-vert)
M3-Baker's tool
(additionally 3
for equivalents)
-- -- -- -- --

is—
y2-Two strokes

is—
letter w, u
(see w2-Coil)
T
(no. 2)
T2-Pestle

See also

References

Notes
  1. ^ Collier and Manley, 1998, How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs, D16, placenta(?), p. 138.
  2. ^ Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998. Illustrated Hieroglyphics Handbook, uniliteral: U10, p. 36-37.
Bibliography
  • Collier, Mark, and Manley, Bill, How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs, c 1998, University of California Press, 179 pp, (with a word Glossary, p 151-61: Title Egyptian-English vocabulary; also an "Answer Key", 'Key to the exercises', p 162-73) {hardcover, ISBN 0-520-21597-4}
  • Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998. Illustrated Hieroglyphics Handbook, Ruth Schumann-Antelme, and Stéphane Rossini. c 1998, English trans. 2002, Sterling Publishing Co. (Index, Summary lists (tables), selected uniliterals, biliterals, and triliterals.) (softcover, ISBN 1-4027-0025-3)