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 U : Agriculture, Crafts ans Professions

U1 sickle
Usage: I 'sickle-shaped end'; P Phonetic value(s): mA
U2 sickle (alternative form of U1)
Usage: I 'sickle-shaped end'; P Phonetic value(s): mA
U3 combination of sickle U1 and eye D4
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): mAA
U4 combination of sickle U1 and plinth Aa11
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): mAat
U5 combination of sickle U1 and plinth Aa11 (alternative form of U4)
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): mAat
U6 hoe
Usage: D 'cultivate, hack up'; P Phonetic value(s): mr
U7 hoe (alternative form of U6)
Usage: D 'cultivate, hack up'; P Phonetic value(s): mr
U8 hoe without the rope connecting the two pieces
Usage: D 'hoe'; P Phonetic value(s): Hn
U9 corn-measure with grain pouring out
Usage: D 'grain, measure' Phonetic value(s):
U10 corn-measure U9 under grains M33
Usage: I 'barley, corn' Phonetic value(s):
U11 combination of corn-measure U9 and crook S38
Usage: I 'heqat-measure' Phonetic value(s): HoAt
U12 combination of corn-measure U9 and finger D50
Usage: I 'heqat-measure' Phonetic value(s): HoAt
U13 plough
Usage: D 'plough, seed, repel, magazine'; P Phonetic value(s): hb, Sna
U14 two branches of wood joined at one end (O.K.) (rudimentary plough?)
Usage: D 'repel, magazine'; P Phonetic value(s): Sna
U15 sledge
Usage: I 'sledge; P Phonetic value(s): tm
U16 sledge with head of jackal bearing a load of metal(?)
Usage: D 'sledge'; I 'copper (adj.)'; P Phonetic value(s): biA
U17 pick excavating a pool N38
Usage: I 'found, establish'; P Phonetic value(s): grg
U18 pick excavating a pool N38 (O.K. form of U17)
Usage: I 'found, establish'; P Phonetic value(s): grg
U19 adze
Usage: I 'adze'; P Phonetic value(s): nw
U20 adze (O.K. form)
Usage: I 'adze'; P Phonetic value(s): nw
U21 adze at work on a block of wood
Usage: D 'cut up'; P Phonetic value(s): stp
U22 chisel
Usage: D 'fashion, carve, chisel'; P Phonetic value(s): mnx
U23 chisel (?)
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): mr
U24 stone-worker's drill weighted at the top with stones (XVIII dyn.)
Usage: I 'craft, art' Phonetic value(s):
U24* drill with square weight
Usage: I 'craft, art' Phonetic value(s):
U25 stone-worker's drill weighted at the top with stones (O.K. form of U24)
Usage: I 'craft, art' Phonetic value(s):
U26 drill being used to bore a hole in a bead (XVIII dyn.)
Usage: I 'open up' Phonetic value(s):
U27 drill being used to bore a hole in a bead (O.K. form of U26)
Usage: I 'open up' Phonetic value(s):
U28 fire-drill (XVIII dyn.)
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): DA
U29 fire-drill (O.K. form of U28)
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): DA
U30 potter's kiln
Usage: I 'kiln'; P Phonetic value(s): tA
U31 instrument employed in baking (?)
Usage: I, D 'baker, restrain, prison' Phonetic value(s):
U32 pestle and mortar
Usage: D 'pound, press down'; P Phonetic value(s): smn
U33 pestle
Usage: I 'pestle (of red granite)'; P Phonetic value(s): ti, t
U34 spindle
Usage: I 'spin'; P Phonetic value(s): xsf
U35 combination of spindle U34 and horned viper I9
Usage: I 'spin'; P Phonetic value(s): xsf
U36 club used by fullers in washing
Usage: I 'fuller'; P Phonetic value(s): Hm
U37 razor
Usage: D 'shave' Phonetic value(s):
U38 balance
Usage: I, D 'balance' Phonetic value(s): mxAt
U39 post of balance
Usage: D 'post of balance, lift, carry, raise' Phonetic value(s):
U40 post of balance - semi-hieratic alternative to U39 (XVIII dyn.)
Usage: D 'post of balance, lift, carry, raise' Phonetic value(s):
U41 plummet used in connection with balance U39
Usage: D 'plummet' Phonetic value(s):