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 R : Temple Furniture and Sacred Emblems

R1 table with loaves and jug
Usage: I, D 'table of offerings' Phonetic value(s): xAt
R2 table with conventionalized slices of bread
Usage: I, D 'table of offerings' Phonetic value(s): xAt
R3 four-legged table with loaves and libation vase
Usage: I, D 'table of offerings' Phonetic value(s): wDHw
R4 loaf X2 on a reed mat
Usage: I 'alter'; P Phonetic value(s): htp
R5 censer for fumigation (misunderstood after O.K.)
Usage: I, D 'fumigate, harim, nursery' Phonetic value(s): kAp
R6 censer (O.K. form of R5
Usage: I, D 'fumigate, harim, nursery' Phonetic value(s): kAp
R7 bowl for incense with smoke rising from it
Usage: I, D 'incense' Phonetic value(s): sntr
R8 cloth wound on a pole, emblem of divinity
Usage: I 'god' Phonetic value(s): nTr
R9 combination of divinity emblem R8 and V33
Usage: I, D '(kind of) natron' Phonetic value(s): bd
R10 combination of divinity emblem and T28 and N29
Usage: I 'necropolis' Phonetic value(s): Xr(i)-nTr
R10* combination of divinity emblem and T28 and feather
Usage: I 'necropolis' Phonetic value(s): Xr(i)-nTr
R11 column indicating a bunch of stalks tied together
Usage: I 'Djed-column'; P Phonetic value(s): Dd
R12 standard for carrying religious symbols
Usage: D 'standard' Phonetic value(s):
R13 falcon G5 on standard R14 with feather (O.K. to XII dyn.)
Usage: D 'west, right' Phonetic value(s):
R14 abbreviation of falcon on standard R13
Usage: I 'west, right, right hand-side' Phonetic value(s):
R15 spear decked out as standard
Usage: I 'east, left, left hand-side' Phonetic value(s):
R16 papyrus-shaped wand with feathers
Usage: I, D 'the oukh-fetish of Cusae' Phonetic value(s): wx
R17 wig with fillet and plumes on pole
Usage: I 'fetish of Abydos' Phonetic value(s):
R18 wig with fillet and plumes on pole over irrigation channels N24 (variant of R17)
Usage: I 'fetish of Abydos' Phonetic value(s):
R19 the was-sceptre S40 with fillet and feather
Usage: I 'Thebes' Phonetic value(s): wAst
R20 conventionalized flower (?) surmounted by horns
Usage: I 'Seshat=goddess of writing' Phonetic value(s):
R21 conventionalized flower (?) surmounted by horns (?)
Usage: I 'Seshat=goddess of writing' Phonetic value(s):
R22 two fossil belemnites (?)
Usage: I 'emblem of Min'; P Phonetic value(s): xm
R23 two fossil belemnites (?) (O.K. form of R22)
Usage: I 'emblem of Min'; P Phonetic value(s): xm
R24 two bows tied in a package (sometimes written vertically)
Usage: I 'Neith=goddess of Sais' Phonetic value(s):
R25 two bows tied in a package (O.K. form of R24)
Usage: I 'Neith=goddess of Sais' Phonetic value(s):