Bread and cakes

The hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt are often listed in groups of associated glyphs. The following hieroglyphs have been grouped according to the system established by Sir Alan Gardiner and are all depictions of bread and cakes.

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			X1 Phon; t Log; bread Abbr; "father" X2 Det and Log; bread Abbr; Thoth, "father" in "jt-nTr"- "father of the god" X2a Det; mortuary offering, food X3 Det and Log; bread Abbr; Thoth, "father" in "jt-nTr"- "father of the god" X4 Det; bread, food, food offering X4a Det; bread, food, food offering X5 Det; bread, food, food offering X6 Det and Phon Det; "PAt"- "bread" X7 Det; half loaf, food offerings, food X7a Det; Det; to eat, food Abbr; eat X8 Phon; d (rare) Abbr; give

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Codes

Abb; the sign is an abbreviation of a word,
Det; the sign acts as a determinative (it has no phonetic value, but provids further information about the full word),
Log; the sign is a logogram (it represents an entire word or idea),
Phon; the sign has a phonetic value, and
Phon Det; the sign is a phonetic determinant (it acts as a determinative but also has a phonetic value).