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 V : Rope, Fibre, Baskets, Bags, etc.

V1 coil of rope
Usage: D 'rope, actions with rope, drag, tie, surround' Phonetic value(s):
V2 combination of rope V1 and bolt O34
Usage: I 'drag, draw'; D 'hasten'; P Phonetic value(s): sTA
V3 combination of three coils of rope V1 and bolt O34
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): sTAw
V4 lasso
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): wA
V5 looped rope
Usage: D 'plan, plot out, found' Phonetic value(s):
V6 cord (in early exx. doubled and looped at top left)
Usage: I, D 'cord'; P; D 'tie up'; P; D 'clothes' Phonetic value(s): Ss; g
V7 loop of cord with the ends downward
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): Sn
V8 loop of cord (alternative form of V7 - XVIII dyn.)
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): Sn
V9 cartouche in original round form
Usage: D 'cartouche' Phonetic value(s):
V10 cartouche in secondary oval form
Usage: D 'circuit, name' Phonetic value(s):
V11 sign probably later taken to be a cartouche cut in half and reversed
Usage: D 'dam off, restrain, split' Phonetic value(s):
V12 band of string or linen
Usage: D 'bind, headband, garland, depart'; P Phonetic value(s): aro
V13 rope for tethering animals
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): T, t
V14 rope for tethering animals V13 with a diacritical tick
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): T
V15 combination of rope for tethering animals V13 and legs walking D54
Usage: D 'seize'; P Phonetic value(s): iTi
V16 looped cord serving as hobble for cattle
Usage: I 'hobble'; P Phonetic value(s): sA
V17 rolled-up herdsman's shelter of papyrus (XVIII dyn.)
Usage: I 'protection' Phonetic value(s): sA
V18 rolled-up herdsman's shelter of papyrus (O.K. form of V17)
Usage: I 'protection' Phonetic value(s): sA
V19 hobble for cattle
Usage: I, D 'stable, stall, mat, kind of land, sack (measure)'; P Phonetic value(s): smA
V20 hobble for cattle V19, without cross-bar
Usage: I 'stables, 10'; P Phonetic value(s): mD
V21 combination of hobble V20 and serpent I10
Usage: I 'stable, stall'; P Phonetic value(s): mD
V22 whip (XVIII dyn.)
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): mH
V23 whip (O.K. form of V22)
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): mH
V24 cord wound on stick (O.K. and M.K. form)
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): wD
V25 cord wound on stick (XVIII dyn.)
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): wD
V26 netting needle filled with twine
Usage: I 'spool, reel'; P Phonetic value(s): aD, anD
V27 netting needle filled with twine (O.K. form)
Usage: I 'spool, reel'; P Phonetic value(s): aD, anD
V28 wick of twisted flax
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): H
V29 swab made from a hank of fibre
Usage: D 'wipe'; P; D'ward off' Phonetic value(s): sk, waH
V29A combination of swab (V29) and basket (V31)
Usage: D'ward off'; P Phonetic value(s): sk
V30 wickerwork basket
Usage: I 'basket'; P Phonetic value(s): nb
V31 wickerwork basket with handle
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): k
V31* basket V31 but with handle on other side (regularly in hieratic)
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): k
V32 wickerwork frail (possibly also a float used by hippopotamus hunters)
Usage: D 'harpooner, bundles, tribute'; P Phonetic value(s): msn, gAw
V33 bag of linen
Usage: I, D 'linen, cloth'; P Phonetic value(s): sSr
V34 bag of linen - alternative form (XVIII dyn.)
Usage: I, D 'linen, cloth'; P Phonetic value(s): sSr
V35 bag of linen (O.K. form)
Usage: I, D 'linen, cloth'; P Phonetic value(s): sSr
V36 receptacle of some kind
Usage: D 'receptacle given to a temple'; P Phonetic value(s): Hn
V37 bandage (?)
Usage: D 'bandage, bind'; P Phonetic value(s): idr
V38 bandage (O.K.)
Usage: D 'bandage, mummy-cloth' Phonetic value(s):
V39 see S34*
Usage: Phonetic value(s):