- Gardiner's Sign List
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transliteration of Ancient Egyptian for a list of single-phoneme hieroglyphs."Gardiner's Sign List is a list of commonEgyptian hieroglyph s compiled by SirAlan Gardiner . It is considered a standard reference in the study ofAncient Egypt ian hieroglyphs.Gardiner lists only the most common forms of Egyptian hieroglyphs, but he includes extensive subcategories, and also both vertical and horizontal forms for many hieroglyphs. He includes size-variation forms to aid with the reading of hieroglyphs in running blocks of text. (The Budge Reference has about 1000 hieroglyphs listed in 50 pages, but with no size varieties.)
Unfortunately he does not cross index signs, once put on the list, other significant uses may be overlooked. One example of this is G16,
nbtỉ , the ideogram for "The Two Ladies", goddessesWadjet as cobra andNekhbet as the white vulture. These are the protecting and patron goddesses of the separate Egyptian kingdoms that joined into Ancient Egypt, who were both then displayed on theuraeus of Wadjet when the unification occurred and afterward considered jointly to be the protectors of Egypt and the pharaohs. This ideogram is listed only on the bird list as G16, and overlooked on the deity list and the reptile list.Other subcategories included by Gardiner are abbreviations and personalized forms, and also a complete subset, used on
papyrus , specifically for theBook of the Dead .A. Man and his Occupations
Group A consists of 55 symbols and can be subdivided into 30 sitting males, 20 standing males as well as various other lying, standing or falling figures
D. Parts of the Human Body
"Expected quantity:" 63
G. Birds
"Expected quantity:" 54
K. Fish and Parts of Fish
"Expected quantity:" 7
N. Sky, Earth, Water
"Expected quantity:" 42
Q. Domestics and Funerary Furniture
"Expected quantity:" 7
T. Warfare, Hunting, Butchery
"Expected quantity:" 35
W. Vessels of Stone and Earthenware
"Expected quantity:" 25
Z. Strokes, Signs derived from Hieratic, Geometrical Figures
"Expected quantity:" 11
Aa. Unclassified
"Expected quantity:" 31
Additions to list
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Z2ss the compact, plural, 3-strokes, Z2ssReferences
*Budge, Sir E.A.Wallis. "An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, in Two Volumes," Sir E.A.Wallis Budge, (Dover Publications, Inc. New York), c 1920, Dover Edition, c 1978. (Large categorized listings of Hieroglyphs, Vol 1, pp. xcvii-cxlvii (97-147) (25 categories, 1000+ hieroglyphs), 50 pgs.)
*Wilkinson, Richard. "Reading Egyptian Art, A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient Egyptian Painting and Sculpture," Richard H. Wilkinson, with 450 Illustrations, (Thames & Hudson Ltd, London), c 1992.ee also
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Alan Gardiner
*Egyptian hieroglyph s
*Transliteration of Ancient Egyptian
*Egyptian numerals
*Egyptian biliteral signs
*Egyptian triliteral signs
*List of cuneiform signs
*List of hieroglyphs/german-Gardiner-list-translated External links
*http://www.hieroglyphen-info.de/gardiner/gardiner_start.htm
* [http://www.yare.org/egypt/gardiner%20fonts.htm Hieroglyphic fonts]
* [http://www.khemet.de/altaegypten/schrift/gardiner.html khemet.de on Gardiner]
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