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 I : Amphibious Animals, Reptiles etc.

I1 lizard

Usage: D 'lizard'; P Phonetic value(s): aSA

I2 freshwater turtle

Usage: I, D 'turtle' Phonetic value(s):

I3 crocodile

Usage: I, D 'crocodile, greedy, aggression' Phonetic value(s):

I4 image of a crocodile on a shrine

Usage: I, D 'Sobek' Phonetic value(s):

I5 crocodile with inward curved tail

Usage: D 'collect, gather together' Phonetic value(s):

I6 piece of crocodile skin with spines

Usage: P Phonetic value(s): km

I7 frog

Usage: D 'Heket' Phonetic value(s):

I7* combination of frog I7 on basket V30

Usage: Phonetic value(s):

I8 tadpole

Usage: I '100,000'; P Phonetic value(s): Hfn

I9 horned viper

Usage: P Phonetic value(s): f

I10 cobra in repose

Usage: P Phonetic value(s): D

I11 two cobras I10

Usage: P Phonetic value(s): DD

I12 cobra erect (as on the forehead of the pharaoh

Usage: D 'uraeus, goddesses Edjo and Naret' Phonetic value(s):

I13 cobra I12 on the basket V30

Usage: D 'goddesses Edjo and Naret' Phonetic value(s):

I14 snake

Usage: D 'snake' Phonetic value(s):

I14A snake pierced by knives

Usage: I, D"Apopis" Phonetic value(s): aApp

I15 alternative form of I14

Usage: D 'snake' Phonetic value(s):

I31C cobra I 10 on standard with feather

Usage: Phonetic value(s):

I129 protective cobra with multiple coils

Usage: I, D 'Mehen,uraeus'; P Phonetic value(s): mHn, mHnyt