Fishes and Parts of Fishes

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 fish or parts of fish.

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K1 Phon; jn Det; tilapia K2 Phon Det; bw K3 Phon; aD, but only in the title "land supervisor" (ad-mr) K4 Phon; ha Log; elephant snouted fish K5 Phon; bs Det; fish K6 Det and Log; fish scale K7 Det; troublesome

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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).