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Gardiner’s Sign List of Egyptian Hieroglyphs

The following is a list of commonly used hieroglyphs as organized by Sir Alan H. Gardiner in his Egyptian Grammar. The signs are organized into 26 main categories followed by 3 sections that list hieroglyphs by their shape. Choose from any of the links below to guide yourself to a specific category.

Gardiner’s Sign List of Egyptian Hieroglyphs

I. Amphibious Animals, Reptiles, etc.

Gardiner Number Hieroglyph Description of Glyph Details
I1 Lizard Phono. ʿš3. Det. for lizard. ex. ʿš3 “lizard” and ʿš3 “many, numerous.”
I2 Turtle Det. or Ideo. for štyw “turtle.”
I3 Crocodile Det. or Ideo. for crocodile. ex. msḥ “crocodile,” 3d “agressive.” Ideo. ity “sovereign,” when reduplicated
I4 Crocodile on shrine Det. sbk “Sobek.”
I5 Crocodile with curved tail Det. in s3q “collect, gather.”
I6 Crocodile scales Phono. km. In kmt “Egypt.”
I7 Frog Det. in qt “Heqet.” Ideo. wḥm ʿn “repeating life.”
I8 Tadpole Det. ḥfnr “tadpole.” Ideo. ḥfn “100,000.”
I9 Horned viper Phono. f. Det. in it “father.”
I10 Cobra Phono. ḏ.
I11 Two cobras Phono ḏ.
I12 Erect cobra Det. inʿirt “uraeus.” Det. of goddesses.
I13 Combination of I12 + V30 Det. in w3ḏt “Wadjet.”
I14 Snake Det. ḥf3w “snake, serpent.”
I15 Var. of I15 Use as I14.

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