Domestic and Funerary Furniture

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 domestic and funerary furniture.




Q1; throne
Q1
Phon; st, Htm, As in "Ast" (Isis), ws in "Wsir" (Osiris) Log; seat, place, Isis
Q2; carrying chair
Q2
Phon; ws in "wsir" (Osiris) Log; seat
Q3; stool
Q3
Phon; p Log; stand
Q4; headrest
Q4
Det; headrest
Q5; chest
Q5
Det; chest, box
Q6; coffin
Q6
Det and Log; coffin, to bury
Q7; incense pot with flame
Q7
Det; fire, heat, to cook, to be hot Abbr; temperature




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 valu

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