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象形文字字母表

The document provides a table of uniliteral hieroglyphs used in Middle Egyptian, including their symbols, transliterations, and common names. It emphasizes the importance of memorizing the order of these signs for effective use of ancient Egyptian dictionaries. The signs listed are fundamental to understanding and writing in Middle Egyptian, as they appear frequently in texts.

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象形文字字母表

The document provides a table of uniliteral hieroglyphs used in Middle Egyptian, including their symbols, transliterations, and common names. It emphasizes the importance of memorizing the order of these signs for effective use of ancient Egyptian dictionaries. The signs listed are fundamental to understanding and writing in Middle Egyptian, as they appear frequently in texts.

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14 2.

THE SOUNDS OF MIDDLE EGYPTIAN

2.3 Uniliteral signs


The table below shows the uniliteral hieroglyphs of Middle Egyptian, along with their transliteration
in the European system and the names by which Egyptologists commonly refer to them. The table is
arranged in the order used in dictionaries of ancient Egyptian. To be able to use the dictionaries (in-
cluding the one in the back of this book), you will need to memorize this order.

SYMBOL TRANSL. NAME

(vulture) æ aleph (“ALL-if ”)


(reed-leaf ); also (dual strokes) j j or i or yod (“yode”)
(double reed-leaf ) y y
(arm) ë ayin (“EYE-in”)
(quail-chick); also (curl of rope) w w
(foot) b b
(stool) p p
(horned viper) f f
(owl); also (unknown object) m m
(water); also (red crown) n n
(mouth) r r
(enclosure) h h
(rope) œ dotted h
(unknown object); also ã third h
(belly and udder) õ fourth h
(doorbolt) z z or first s
(bolt of cloth) s s or second s
(pool) š shin
(hill) q q or dotted k
(basket) (also ) k k
( jar-stand); also (bag) g g
(bread-loaf ) t t
(hobble) ï second t
(hand) d d
(cobra) ÿ second d
These signs are among the most common of all Egyptian hieroglyphs; every text contains some of
them, and most words were written with one or more of them—some words, only with them.
Your first exercise should be to study this table until you can reproduce it and can give the transli-
teration of each sign from memory.

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