Vulture (hieroglyph)

Vulture in hieroglyphs

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The Ancient Egyptian Vulture hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. G1 for the Egyptian vulture.

The vulture hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic vowel letter a-(3).^[1]

The hieroglyph represents the Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus.

The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters

The following table shows 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	Ch—Tj	D	Dj
L/(R) (special) (Ptolemaic, etc.)	M	N	S	M3-Baker's tool ignore this cell, proceed to the next one	M (3rd-M -2nd-vert) M3-Baker's tool (vertical)
(additionally 3 for equivalents)	--	--	--	--	--
(2 reeds) is— (2 strokes) y2-Two strokes	(quail) is— (coil) letter w, u (see w2-Coil)		T (no. 2) T2-Pestle

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  Relief
  (also shows 3rd "m"
  vertical Baker's tool (hieroglyph)
  (mostly used as preposition))

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  External wall relief; (foot and leg hieroglyphs)

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  Column relief

See also

• Gardiner's Sign List#G. Birds

References

• 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)