anteanus:warfare-hunting-butchery
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.
T. Warfare, Hunting, Butchery
| Gardiner Number | Hieroglyph | Description of Glyph |
Details |
| T1 |  |
Angular headed mace | Phono. mn. In mnw “mace.” |
| T2 |  |
T3 tilted | Det. in sqr, sqri “smite.” |
| T3 |  |
Pear shaped mace | Phono. ḥḏ . In ḥḏ “mace,” ḥḏ “white, bright,” ḥḏi “damage.” |
| T4 |  |
Var of T3 | Use as T3 |
| T5 |  |
Combination of T3 + I10 | Phono. ḥḏ. |
| T6 |  |
Combination of T5 + extra I10 | Phono. ḥḏḏ. |
| T7 |  |
Axe | Det. in mibt, minb “axe,” mdḥ “hew.” |
| T7a |  |
Axe | Det. of 3qḥw “axe.” |
| T8 |  |
Dagger | Phono. tp. In tpy “first, chief, upon.” |
| T8a |  |
Dagger | Det. in b3gsw “dagger.” |
| T9 |  |
Bow | Phono. pd/pḏ, in pd “stretch,” pḏt “bow.” |
| T9a |  |
Var of T9 | Use as T9 |
| T10 |  |
Composite bow | Use as T9 |
| T11 |  |
Arrow | Phono. swn. In swn “perish,” swnt “physician.” |
| T12 |  |
Bowstring | Phono. rwd/rwḏ. In rwd “hard, firm.” Ideo. in d3r “subdue.” |
| T13 |  |
Wood tied together | Phono. rs. In rs “wakeful.” |
| T14 |  |
Throw stick | Det. of “foreign.” Ideo. in ʿ3m “Asiatics,” ṯḥnw “Libya.” Det. in qm3 “create,” qm3i “create.” |
| T15 |  |
Var. of T14 | Use as T14 |
| T16 |  |
Scimitar | Det. in ḫpš “scimitar.” |
| T17 |  |
Chariot | Det. or Ideo. in wrrt “chariot.” |
| T18 |  |
Crook with package | Phono. šms. In šms “follow, accompany.” |
| T19 |  |
Bone harpoon head | Phono. qs. In qs “annoy,” krs “bury.” Det. in twr “pure.” |
| T20 |  |
Var. of T19 | Use as T19 |
| T21 |  |
Harpoon | Phono. in wʿ. In wʿ “one.” |
| T22 |  |
Arrowhead | Phono. sn. In sn “brother, sn “smell.” |
| T23 |  |
Var. of T22 | Use as T22 |
| T24 |  |
Fishing net | Phono. ʿḥ/iḥ . In iḥ “net.” |
| T25 |  |
Reed Float | Phono. db3/ḏb3. In ḏb3 “adorn,” db3 “replace.” |
| T26 |  |
Bird Trap | Det. or Ideo. in sḫt “trap, snare.” |
| T27 |  |
Var. of T26 | Use as T26 |
| T28 |  |
Butcher’s block | Phono. ẖr. In ẖr “under,” ẖrt “portion.” |
| T29 |  |
Combination of T28 + T30 | Ideo. in nmt “place of slaughter.” |
| T30 |  |
Knife | Ideo. for dmt “knife.” Det. in dm “be sharp.” |
| T31 |  |
Knife sharpener | Phono sšm. In sšm “guide, lead.” |
| T32 |  |
Combination of T31 + D54 | Phono sšm. In sšm “guide, lead.” |
| T33 |  |
Butcher’s knife sharpener | Ideo. in sšm “butcher.” |
| T34 |  |
Butcher’s knife | Phono. nm. In nm “knife,” ḫnms “friend.” |
| T35 |  |
Var. of T34 | Use as T34 |
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