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 X : Loaves and Cakes

X1 bread
Usage: I 'bread' Phonetic value(s): t
X2 loaf
Usage: D 'bread' Phonetic value(s):
X3 loaf (alternative form of loaf X2)
Usage: D 'bread' Phonetic value(s):
X4 roll of bread
Usage: D 'bread, food, invocation offerings, cake, reward'; P Phonetic value(s): sn, foA
X5 roll of bread - semi-hieratic form of X4
Usage: D 'bread, food, provisions'; P Phonetic value(s): sn
X6 a round loaf bearing the mark of the baker's fingers
Usage: D 'loaf'; P Phonetic value(s): pAt
X7 half-loaf of bread
Usage: I, D 'half-loaf, food, eat' Phonetic value(s):
X8 conical loaf (?)
Usage: I 'give' Phonetic value(s): (r)di, dd, ici