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 Aa : Unclassified

Aa1 kind of sieve? Or maybe a placenta?
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): x
Aa2 pustule or gland ?
Usage: D 'bodily growths, wound, fat'; I, D 'bandage, embalm, excrement, odour'; P Phonetic value(s): wHA
Aa3 pustule or gland (?) with liquid issuing from it
Usage: D 'urine, odour' Phonetic value(s):
Aa4 pot perhaps used as lamp (O.K.). See also W10* as alternative form
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): bA
Aa5 part of the steering gear of ships ?
Usage: I, D 'proceed by boat'; P Phonetic value(s): Hp
Aa6 doubtful (different from S23)
Usage: D 'mat, cadaster, kind of land'; P Phonetic value(s): SmA
Aa7 doubtful (often reversed in XVIII dyn.)
Usage: D 'smite'; P Phonetic value(s): sor
Aa8 irrigation runnels (as in N24 ?) - see extensive notes in Gardiner
Usage: I, D 'estate'; P Phonetic value(s): on
Aa9 doubtful
Usage: D 'rich' Phonetic value(s):
Aa10 doubtful
Usage: D 'writing' Phonetic value(s):
Aa11 doubtful (sometimes vertical)
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): mAa
Aa12 O.K. form of Aa11
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): mAa
Aa13 two ribs of oryx ??
Usage: I, D 'a part of the body, side'; P Phonetic value(s): im, m, gs
Aa14 O.K. form of Aa13
Usage: I, D 'a part of the body, side'; P Phonetic value(s): im, m, gs
Aa15 XVIII dyn. form of Aa13
Usage: I, D 'a part of the body, side'; P Phonetic value(s): im, m, gs
Aa16 short form of Aa13
Usage: I 'side, half'; P Phonetic value(s): gs
Aa17 back of something (O.K. and M.K. form)
Usage: I 'back'; P Phonetic value(s): sA
Aa18 back of something (XII-XVIII dyn. form of Aa17)
Usage: I 'back'; P Phonetic value(s): sA
Aa19 doubtful (different from V19)
Usage: D 'prepare, preserve'; P Phonetic value(s): Hr
Aa20 doubtful
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): apr
Aa21 a carpenter's tool ?
Usage: I, D 'sever, judge'; subst. 'Seth' (M.K.) Phonetic value(s):
Aa22 combination of tool Aa21 and arm D36
Usage: I, D 'sever, judge'; Phonetic value(s):
Aa23 warp stretch between two uprights - classed after U35 by Gardiner
Usage: D 'hit a mark, adhere to a path' Phonetic value(s): mDd
Aa24 O.K. form of Aa23 - see Gardiner after U35
Usage: D 'hit a mark, adhere to a path' Phonetic value(s): mDd
Aa25 doubtful
Usage: I 'stolist priest' Phonetic value(s): smA
Aa26 doubtful
Usage: D 'rebel' Phonetic value(s):
Aa27 doubtful
Usage: P Phonetic value(s): nD
Aa28 an instrument used by bricklayers ?
Usage: I 'build, fashion' Phonetic value(s):
Aa29 O.K. form of bricklayer's tool (?) Aa28
Usage: I 'build, fashion' Phonetic value(s):
Aa30 ornamental 'chevaux de frise' on tops of walls (sometimes written horizantally)
Usage: I, D 'be adorned, ornament' Phonetic value(s):
Aa31 ornamental 'frise' (O.K. form of Aa30
Usage: I, D 'be adorned, ornament' Phonetic value(s):