Vulture (hieroglyph)

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G1
Vulture
in hieroglyphs

The Ancient Egyptian Vulture hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. G1 for the Egyptian vulture.

The vulture hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic vowel letter a-(3).[1]

The hieroglyph represents the Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus.

The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters

The following table shows the Egyptian uniliteral signs. (24 letters, but multiple use hieroglyphs)

a
G1
i
M17
y
M17 M17
'
D36
(w,u)
G43
B
b
P
p
F
f
M
G17
N
N35
R
D21
H1
h
H2
H
Kh1
Aa1
Kh2
F32
S
O34
(Sh)=Š
N37
Q/K2
N29
K
k
G
g
T
t
ChTj
V13
D
d
Dj
I10
L/(R)
(special)
(Ptolemaic,
etc.)
E23
M
Aa15
N
S3
S
S29
M3-Baker's tool
M3

ignore this cell,
proceed to the next one
Egyptian-M.png
M
(3rd-M
-2nd-vert)
M3-Baker's tool
(vertical)
(additionally 3
for equivalents)
-- -- -- -- --
M17 M17 (2 reeds)

is—
Z4 (2 strokes)

y2-Two strokes
G43 (quail)

is—
Z7 (coil)

letter w, u
(see w2-Coil)
U33

T
(no. 2)
T2-Pestle

See also

References

  1. Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998. Illustrated Hieroglyphics Handbook, uniliteral: U1, p. 18-19.
  • Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998. Illustrated Hieroglyphics Handbook, Ruth Schumann-Antelme, and Stéphane Rossini. c 1998, English trans. 2002, Sterling Publishing Co. (Index, Summary lists (tables), selected uniliterals, biliterals, and triliterals.) (softcover, ISBN 1-4027-0025-3)


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