Mammals

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. The following hieroglyphs are all depictions of mammals.

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	E1 Det and Log; cow, cattle, herd E2 Det and Log; strong bull, fighting bull E3 Det; calf, short-horned cow E4 Det and Log; Hesat Cow (holy) E5 Det; only in "to show interest for" E6 Det and Log; horse, stallion E7 Det; donkey E8 Det; kid, herd Phon; jb Phon; Det; jb E8a Det; kid, herd Phon; jb Phon; Det; jb E9 Phon; jw E10 Det; ram, sheep, Khnum E11 Det; ram, sheep, Khnum E12 Det; pig E13 Det; cat E14 Det; dog, Slougi (type of dog) E15 Det and Log; Anubis, privy councillor (rare) E16 Det and Log; Anubis, privy councillor (rare) E17 Det and Log; jackal, dignitary E18 Det; Upaut E19 Det; Upaut E20 Det and Log; Seth, chaos, disorder E21 Det and Log; storm, chaos E22 Det and Log; lion E23 Log; lion Phon; rw and l (the later in the Ptolemaic period) E24 Det; panther, leopard E25 Det; hippo E26 Det; elephant E27 Det; giraffe, prophesy E28 Det; antelope E29 Det; gazelle E30 Det; ibex E31 Det and Log; dignity E32 Det: baboon, monkey, angry E33 Det; vervet monkey E34 Phon; wn

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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).