Coil (hieroglyph)
The
Ancient Egyptian Coil hieroglyph is
Gardiner sign listed no. Z7 for a 'coil'. It is the Egyptian
hieratic version of the
quail chick hieroglyph. The similar shaped Coil-of-rope (hieroglyph), Gardiner no. V1,
, is the numerical '100'.
The coil hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs as an equivalent for the Quail chick (hieroglyph), but is also used in other word constructions, probably for the balance of the hieroglyph composition block. The coil as well as the quail chick are used for the alphabetic vowel letter w, (or u).[1] Because 'w' is not a "vowel", the use is often in the form of 'woo' for the w, and 'oo' for the u.
Quail chick or coil, the plural
Besides the
plural in the Egyptian language of using a hieroglyph in triplicate, or the Gardiner signs of 3-strokes, nos. Z2, Z3, Z2ss,
,
,
, the
coil and the
quail chick at the end of a word-group, signifies the plural.
The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters
The following two tables show the Egyptian uniliteral signs. (24 letters, but multiple use hieroglyphs)
| 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
(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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-
External wall relief; (foot and leg hieroglyphs)
-
See also
References
- ↑ Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998. Illustrated Hieroglyphics Handbook, uniliteral: U25, p. 66-67.
- 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)
