The Polychrome Hieroglyph Research Project

Université Libre de Bruxelles - Faculté de Philosophie et Sciences sociales

This page displays a list of all signs in a Gardiner group. Usage abbreviations are "I" (Ideogram), "D" (Determinative) and "P" (Phoneme). Click on a Hieroglyph to list all occurrences of the sign.

Signs in Group O : Buildings, Parts of Buildings, etc.

O1 house
Usage: I, D 'house, building, seat, horizon'; P Phonetic value(s): pr
O1* two houses O1 joined together
Usage: I, D 'houses, buildings'; P Phonetic value(s): pr.wy
O2 combination of house O1 and mace T3
Usage: I 'treasury=white house' Phonetic value(s): pr-HD
O2* combination of house O1 and heart and windpipe F35
Usage: I 'house of embalming' Phonetic value(s): pr-nfr
O3 combination of house O1, oar P8 and vessels X3 and W22
Usage: I 'invocation offerings' Phonetic value(s): prt-xrw
O4 reed shelter in fields
Usage: I 'room'; P Phonetic value(s): h
O5 winding wall
Usage: D 'street, traverse, lowing' Phonetic value(s): mr, nm
O6 rectangular enclosure seen in plan
Usage: I 'castle' Phonetic value(s): Hwt
O7 rectangular enclosure - alternative form of O6 (XVIII dyn.)
Usage: I 'castle' Phonetic value(s): Hwt
O7* Enclosure O 7 repeated twice
Usage: I, D 'temples' Phonetic value(s): Hwt wrt
O8 combination of enclosure O7 and column O29
Usage: I 'temple' Phonetic value(s): Hwt-aAt
O9 combination of enclosure O7 and basket V30
Usage: I 'Nephthys' Phonetic value(s): nbt-Hyt
O10 combination of enclosure O6 and falcon G5
Usage: I 'Hathor' Phonetic value(s): Ht-Hr
O11 palace with battlements
Usage: I 'palace' Phonetic value(s): aH
O12 combination of palace O11 and arm D36
Usage: I 'palace' Phonetic value(s): aH
O13 battlement enclosure
Usage: D 'gateway, enclose' Phonetic value(s):
O14 portion and alternative of enclosure O13
Usage: D 'gateway, enclose' Phonetic value(s):
O15 walled enclosure with buttresses and with the signs W10 and X1
Usage: I 'hall (in palace or temple)' Phonetic value(s): wsxt
O16 gateway(?) surmounted by protecting serpents
Usage: I, D 'curtain(?), vizir' Phonetic value(s): TA, Taty
O17 gateway O16 (O.K. form)
Usage: I, D 'curtain(?), vizir' Phonetic value(s): TA, Taty
O18 shrine seen from side
Usage: I, D 'chapel, shrine' Phonetic value(s): kA(r)i
O19 primitive shrine
Usage: D 'Great House= shrine at Nekhen' Phonetic value(s):
O20 shrine
Usage: D 'sanctuary, shrine' Phonetic value(s):
O21 façade of shrine
Usage: I, D 'the Divine Booth' Phonetic value(s): š-nTr
O22 open booth supported by a pole
Usage: I, D 'booth'; P Phonetic value(s): š, Hb
O23 hall used in the Sed-festival
Usage: I, D 'Sed-festival' Phonetic value(s): Hb-sd
O24 pyramid with side of surrounding wall
Usage: D 'pyramid' Phonetic value(s):
O25 obelisk
Usage: I, D 'obelisk' Phonetic value(s): txn
O26 stela
Usage: I, D 'stela' Phonetic value(s): wD
O27 hall of columns
Usage: D 'hall of columns'; P Phonetic value(s): xA
O28 column with tenon on top
Usage: I 'column'; P Phonetic value(s): iwn
O29 wooden column (also written vertically)
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): aA
O30 supporting pole
Usage: I, D 'support (of heaven)' Phonetic value(s): sxnt
O31 door
Usage: I, D 'door, open' Phonetic value(s): aA
O32 gateway
Usage: I, D 'door, gateway' Phonetic value(s): sbA
O33 façade of palace or tomb
Usage: D 'banner (for Horus-name)' Phonetic value(s):
O34 bolt
Usage: I 'bolt'; P Phonetic value(s): s
O35 combination of bolt O34 and legs walking D54
Usage: D 'walking, go, bring, motion with radical s' Phonetic value(s):
O36 wall (occasionally written horizontaly)
Usage: I, D 'wall' Phonetic value(s): inb
O37 falling wall
Usage: D 'overthrow, demolish, slanting' Phonetic value(s):
O38 corner of wall
Usage: D 'corner, angle, gate, magistrates' Phonetic value(s):
O39 stone slab or brick
Usage: D 'stone, brick, deben (weight)' Phonetic value(s):
O40 stairway
Usage: D 'stairway, terrace' Phonetic value(s):
O41 double stairway
Usage: D 'stairway, ascent, high place' Phonetic value(s):
O42 fence outside primitive shrine
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): Ssp (sSp)
O43 O.K. form of fence O42
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): Ssp (sSp)
O44 emblem erected outside the temple of Min
Usage: I, D 'office, rank' Phonetic value(s): iAt
O45 domed building
Usage: I, D 'harim' Phonetic value(s): ipt
O46 older form of domed building O45
Usage: I, D 'harim' Phonetic value(s): ipt
O47 a prehistoric building at Hieraconpolis (Nekhen) (XVIII dyn.)
Usage: I 'Nekhen' Phonetic value(s):
O48 building at Nekhen (alternative form of O47)
Usage: I 'Nekhen' Phonetic value(s):
O49 village with crossroads
Usage: I, D 'village, town' Phonetic value(s): niwt
O50 circular threshing-floor covered with grain
Usage: D 'threshing-floor'; P Phonetic value(s): sp
O51 heap of grain on a raised mud floor
Usage: I, D 'granary' Phonetic value(s): Snwt
O157* divine emblem in booth (tent)
Usage: I, D 'divine booth' Phonetic value(s):