- Owl (hieroglyph)
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Owl
in hieroglyphsThe Ancient Egyptian Owl hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. G17 for the owl-in-profile, but the head faces the observer.
The owl hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter m.[1]
The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters
The following two tables show the Egyptian uniliteral signs. (24 letters, but multiple use hieroglyphs)
a
i
y
'
(w,u)
B
P
F
M
N
R
H1
H2
Kh1
Kh2
S
(Sh)=Š
Q/K2
K
G
T
Ch—Tj
D
Dj
L/(R)
(special)
(Ptolemaic,
etc.)
-- -- -- -- -- a i
(ee)y
ii'
ah, (aïn)w, (u)
(oo)B P F M N R H1 H2 (Kh)1 (Kh)2 S Sh
(Sh)K
emphaticK G T Tj
Ch
TshD Dj (additionally 4
for vert/horiz)-- -- -- -- -- M
(horiz)
M2-PlinthN
(vert)
(see:
N (red crown))S
(vert)
S (folded
cloth)M
(3rd-M
-2nd-vert)
M3-Baker's tool(additionally 3
for equivalents)-- -- -- -- -- (2-reeds)
is—(2-strokes)
y2-Two strokes(quail)
is—(coil)
letter w, u
(see w2-Coil)T
(no. 2)
T2-PestleSee also
- Plinth (hieroglyph)
- Gardiner's Sign List#G. Birds
References
- ^ Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998. Illustrated Hieroglyphics Handbook, uniliteral: U16, p. 48-49.
- Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998. Illustrated Hieroglyphics Handbook, Ruth Schumann-Antelme, and Stéphane Rossini. c 1998, English trans. 2002, Sterling Publishing Co. (Index, Summary lists (tables), selected uniliterals, biliterals, and triliterals.) (softcover, ISBN 1-4027-0025-3)
Categories:- Owls
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- Egyptian hieroglyphs-Gardiner listed
- Ancient Egypt stubs
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