warfare, hunting and butchery

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 items associated with warfare, hunting and butchery.




T1; disk mace
T1
Phon; mn, mnw (rare)
T2; diagonal pear-shaped mace
T2
Det; to strike dead
T3; pear-shaped mace
T3
Phon; HD Log; mace, white
T4; pear-shaped mace with a ribbon
T4
Phon; HD Log; mace
T5; a mace and a snake
T5
Phon; HD
T6; a mace and two snakes
T6
Phon; HDD
T7; an axe
T7
Det; axe, to carve wood Abbr; carpenter
T7a; an axe
T7a
Det; axe
T8; a dagger
T8
Phon; tp
T8a; a dagger
T8a
Det; dagger
T9; bow
T9
Phon; pD, pd Det and Log; bow
T9a; bow
T9a
Phon; pD, pd Det and Log; bow
T10; composite bow
T10
Det; Bogen
T10a; bow
T10a
Det; Nubia, a mineral
T11; arrow
T11
Phon; sSr sHr swn, sjn Det; arrow
T12; bow string
T12
Phon rwD, rwd Det; to hold back metal
T13; quiver
T13
Phon; rs Abbr; to be alert
T14; throwstick
T14
Det; throwstick, foreign people, Nubians Abbr; Libya, Nubians
T15; throwstick
T15
Det; throwstick, foreign people, Nubians Abbr; Libya, Nubians
T16; Kopesch sword
T16
Det; Kopesch sword
T17; chariot
T17
Det and Log; chariot
T18; a crook with a bundle tied to it
T18
Phon; Sms
T19; harpoon dart
T19
Phon; qs, qrs Det; bone, shaft, tube
T20; harpoon point
T20
Phon; qs, qrs Det; bone, shaft, tube
T21; harpoon
T21
Det and Log; one
T22; arrowhead
T22
Phon; sn Det and Log; two
T23; arrowhead
T23
Phon; sn Det and Log; two
T24; fishing net
T24
Phon aH Det; to catch something in a net
T25; fishing float
T25
Phon; DbA Log; float
T26; bird trap
T26
Det and Log; bird trap
T27; bird trap
T27
Det and Log; bird trap
T28; block
T28
Phon; hr Abbr; under
T29; knife block
T29
Det; slaughterhouse
T30; knife
T30
Det; knife, to cut, to cut off, to sharpen, sharp Abbr; knife
T31; whetstone
T31
Phon sSm
T32; whetstone
T32
Phon sSm
T33; whetstone
T33
Phon sSm
T34; butcher's knife
T34
Phon; anh Phon; nm Det and Log; knife
T35; butcher's knife
T35
Phon; anh Phon; nm Det and Log; knife





































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).

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