A. MAN AND HIS OCCUPATIONS
A. Man and his Occupations
| Gardiner Number | Sign | Description of Sign | Functions |
|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | 𓀀 | seated man | Det. , “man”. Ex. 1. Log. or det. , “men”. Exx. , , “men”; , , “Rekhu-ankh”. Det. man and his occupations. Exx. , , “son”; , , “courtier”; 2, , “wretch”; 3, , “doer”. Det. people and their occupations. Exx. 4, , “people”; , , “Asiatics”; , , “witnesses”. Det. in personal names. Ex. , , “Ankhu”. Log. , “I”. Det. first person singular. Exx. , , “me”; , , “I”; , , “I”.
1 Peas. R 1.1. 2 Peas. B1 51. 3 Peas. B1 139. 4 Peas. B1 50. |
| A2 | 𓀁 | seated man with hand to mouth | Det. eat and drink. Exx. , , “eat”; , , “hungry”; , , “drink”. Det. speak, think, feel. Exx. , , “recount”; , , “silent”; , , “think”; , , “love”. |
| A3 | 𓀂 | man sitting on heel | Det. , “sit”. Ex. . |
| A4 | 𓀃 | seated man with hands raised | Det. praise, supplicate. Ex. , , “praise”. Det. hide. Exx. , , “hide”; , , “hidden”. |
| A5 | 𓀄 | crouching man hiding behind wall | Det. hide. Ex. , , “hidden”. |
| A5a | 𓀅 | seated man hiding behind wall | Use as A5. |
| A6 | 𓀆 | seated man under vase from which water flows | Log. or det. , “pure”, “clean”. |
| A6a | 𓀇 | seated man reaching for libation stone, under vase from which water flows | Det. , “make libation”, “libation stone”. |
| A6b | 𓀈 | seated man reaching down, under vase from which water flows | Det. , “make libation”. |
| A7 | 𓀉 | fatigued man | Det. weary, weak. Exx. , , “tired”; , , “faint”; , , “soft”. |
| A8 | 𓀊 | man performing -rite |
Det. , “jubilation”. Ex. . |
| A9 | 𓀋 | seated man with W10 on head |
Log. or det. , “load”. Ex. , . Log. or det. , “raise”. Ex. , 1. Log. or det. , “work”. Ex. , .
1 Peas. B1 122. |
| A10 | 𓀌 | seated man holding oar | Det. sailing. Ex. , , “sail (verb)”. |
| A11 | 𓀍 | seated man holding S42 and S39 |
Log. or det. , “friend”. Ex. , . |
| A12 | 𓀎 | soldier with bow and quiver | Log. or det. , “army”. Ex. , . Det. army. Ex. , , “infantry”. |
| A13 | 𓀏 | man with arms tied behind his back | Det. enemy. Exx. , , “rebel”; , , “enemy”. |
| A14 | 𓀐 | falling man with blood streaming from his head | Det. die. Ex. , , “die”. Det. enemy. Ex. , , “enemy”. |
| A14a | 𓀑 | man whose head is hit with an axe | Use as A14. |
| A15 | 𓀒 | man falling | Log. or det. , “fall”. Exx. , ; , , , “fallen (conquered) enemy”. Log. , “overthrow (infinitive)”. |
| A16 | 𓀓 | man bowing down | Det. , “bow down”. Ex. . |
| A17 | 𓀔 | child sitting with hand to mouth | Log. or det. , “child”. Ex. , . Det. young. Exx. , , “rejuvenate”; , , “child”; , , “child”; , , “orphan”. Phon. . Ex. , , “Herakleopolis”.
Use as A3. |
| A17a | 𓀕 | child sitting with arms hanging down | Use as A3. Ex. , , “sit”.
Use as A17. Ex. , , “children”. |
| A18 | 𓀖 | child wearing S3 |
Det. child-king. Exx. , , “crown-prince”; , , “weaned princeling”. |
| A19 | 𓀗 | bent man leaning on staff | Log. or det. , “old”. Ex. , . Log. or det. , “eldest”. Ex. , . Log. or det. , “great”. Ex. , , , “chief”. Det. old. Ex. , , “old”. Det. lean. Exx. , , “lean (verb)”; , , “support oneself”. Log. or det. , “quarryman”. Ex. , . |
| A20 | 𓀘 | man leaning on forked staff | Log. or det. , “eldest”. Exx. , ; , , “his eldest son”. Log. , “elder of the portal”. |
| A21 | 𓀙 | man holding staff with handkerchief | Log. or det. , “official (noun)”. Ex. , . Det. dignitary. Exx. , , “courtiers”; , , “courtier”.
Use as A11. Ex. , , “friend”.
Use as A22. Ex. , , “statue”. |
| A22 | 𓀚 | statue of man with staff and S42 |
Det. statue. Exx. , , “statue”; , , “statue”. |
| A23 | 𓀛 | king with staff and T3 |
Det. , “sovereign”. Ex. . |
| A24 | 𓀜 | man striking with both hands | Log. or det. , “strong”. Ex. , . Det. strike, force, effort. Exx. , , “strike”; , , “take away”; , , “rob”; , , “teach”. |
| A25 | 𓀝 | man striking, with left arm hanging behind back | Log. or det. , “strike”. Ex. . |
| A26 | 𓀞 | man with one arm pointing forward | Det. call. Exx. , , “summon”; , , “call”. Log. , “servant”. Det. , “O (vocative interjection)”. Ex. . |
| A27 | 𓀟 | hastening man | Phon. det. . Ex. , , “by”. |
| A28 | 𓀠 | man with hands raised on either side | Log. or det. , “high”. Ex. , . Det. joy. Exx. , , “rejoice”; , , “praise”. Det. mourn. Ex. , , “mourn”. Det. , “bald”. Ex. . |
| A29 | 𓀡 | man upside down | Det. upside down. Ex. , , “upside down”. |
| A30 | 𓀢 | man with hands raised in front | Det. praise, awe, supplicate. Exx. , , “praise”; , , “praise”; , , “praise”; , , “claim”; , , “show respect”. |
| A31 | 𓀣 | man with hands raised behind him | Det. turn away. Ex. , , “averted (face)”. |
| A32 | 𓀤 | man dancing with arms to the back | Det. dance. Ex. , , “dance”. Det. joy. Ex. , , “jubilate”. |
| A32a | 𓀥 | man dancing with arms to the front | Use as A32. |
| A33 | 𓀦 | man with stick and bundle on shoulder | Log. or det. , “herdsman”. Ex. , . Det. wander. Exx. , , “wander”; , , “stranger”. |
| A34 | 𓀧 | man pounding in a mortar | Det. , “pound”, “build”. Ex. . |
| A35 | 𓀨 | man building wall | Log. or det. , “build”. Ex. . |
| A36 | 𓀩 | man kneading into vessel | Log. or det. , “brewer”. Ex. , . |
| A37 | 𓀪 | man in vessel | Use as A36. |
| A38 | 𓀫 | man holding necks of two emblematic animals with panther heads | Log. , “Qus”. Ex. . |
| A39 | 𓀬 | man on two giraffes | Use as A38. |
| A40 | 𓀭 | seated god | Det. god. Exx. , , “Ptah”; , , “Month”. Log. , “I (god or king)”. Det. first person singular (god or king). Exx. , , “me”; , , “I”. |
| A40a | 𓀮 | seated god with S40 |
Use as A40. |
| A41 | 𓀯 | king with uraeus | Det. king. Exx. , , “king”; , , “majesty”; , , “lord”. Log. , “I (king)”. Det. first person singular (king). Exx. , , “me”; , , “I”. |
| A42 | 𓀰 | king with uraeus and S45 |
Use as A41. |
| A42a | 𓀱 | king with uraeus and S45 |
Use as A41. |
| A43 | 𓀲 | king wearing S1 |
Log. or det. , “king (of Upper Egypt)”. Ex. , . Det. , “Osiris”. Ex. . |
| A43a | 𓀳 | king wearing S1 with S40 |
Use as A43. |
| A44 | 𓀴 | king wearing S1 with S45 |
Use as A43. |
| A45 | 𓀵 | king wearing S3 |
Log. or det. , “king of Lower Egypt”. Ex. , . |
| A45a | 𓀶 | king wearing S3 with S40 |
Use as A45. |
| A46 | 𓀷 | king wearing S3 with S45 |
Use as A45. |
| A47 | 𓀸 | shepherd seated and wrapped in mantle, holding stick | Log. , “herdsman”. Ex. . Log. or det. , “guard”, “protect”. Ex. , . |
| A48 | 𓀹 | beardless man seated and holding knife | Log. or det. , “relating to”, “belonging to”. Ex. , . |
| A49 | 𓀺 | seated Syrian holding stick | Det. foreigner. Exx. , , “Asiatics”; , , “Nubian nomads”. |
| A50 | 𓀻 | noble on chair | Det. revered person. Exx. , , “Sonbu”; , , “courtiers”. Log. , “I (revered person)”. Det. first person singular (revered person). Exx. , , “me”; , , “I”. Log. or det. , “noble”. |
| A51 | 𓀼 | noble on chair with S45 |
Use as A50 [Det. revered person]. Ex. , , “ancestors”.
Use as A50 [Log. or det. , “noble”]. Ex. , , , “noble”. |
| A52 | 𓀽 | noble squatting with S45 |
Use as A50 [Det. revered person]. Exx. , , “Paheri”; , , “blessed (deceased)”.
Use as A50 [Log. or det. , “noble”]. Ex. , , “noble”. |
| A53 | 𓀾 | standing mummy | Log. or det. , “statue”. Ex. , . Det. mummy. Ex. , , “mummy-case”. Det. likeness, form. Exx. , , “form”; , , “form”. |
| A54 | 𓀿 | lying mummy | Det. death. Exx. , , “death”; , , “sarcophagus”. |
| A55 | 𓁀 | mummy on bed | Log. or det. , “lie”. Ex. , . Det. death. Exx. , , “death”; , , “corpse”. |
| A56 | 𓁁 | seated man holding stick | Det. , “servant”. |
| A57 | 𓁂 | man holding R4 |
Log. , “a boon that the king grants”. |
| A58 | 𓁃 | man applying hoe to ground | Log. or det. , “dig”. |
| A59 | 𓁄 | man threatening with stick | Det. , “drive away”. Ex. . |
| A60 | 𓁅 | man sowing seeds | Det. , “sow”. Ex. . |
| A61 | 𓁆 | man looking over his shoulder | Det. turn back, turn away. |
| A62 | 𓁇 | Asiatic | Log. , “Asiatic prince”. |
| A63 | 𓁈 | king on throne holding staff | Det. be seated (of king). |
| A64 | 𓁉 | man sitting on heels holding forward W10 |
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| A65 | 𓁊 | ||
| A66 | 𓁋 | man holding Y8 |
Log. or det. , “sistrum player”. |
| A67 | 𓁌 | dwarf | Log. or det. , “dwarf”. |
| A68 | 𓁍 | man holding up knife | Det. kill. |
| A69 | 𓁎 | seated man with raised right arm and left arm hanging down | Log. , “strong”. Ex. 1, , “Tefnakht”.
1 GITB 801-748-550. |
| A70 | 𓁏 | seated man with raised arms | Use as C11 [Log. , “million”, “many”]. |
, “man”.
1
, “men”.
,
,
, “Rekhu-ankh”
,
, “son”
,
, “courtier”
2,
, “wretch”
3,
, “doer”
4,
, “people”
,
, “Asiatics”
,
, “witnesses”
,
, “Ankhu”
, “I”.
,
, “me”
,
, “I”
,
, “I”
,
, “eat”
,
, “hungry”
,
, “drink”
,
, “recount”
,
, “silent”
,
, “think”
,
, “love”
, “sit”. 
,
, “praise”
,
, “hide”
,
, “hidden”
,
, “pure”, “clean”.
, “make libation”, “libation stone”.
,
, “tired”
,
, “faint”
,
, “soft”
-rite
, “load”.
, 
, “raise”.
,
1
, “work”.
, 
,
, “sail (verb)”
, “friend”.
, 
, “army”.
, 
,
, “infantry”
,
, “rebel”
,
, “enemy”
,
, “die”
,
, “fall”.
, 
,
,
, “fallen (conquered) enemy”
, “overthrow (infinitive)”.
, “bow down”. 
, “child”.
, 
,
, “rejuvenate”
,
, “child”
,
, “child”
,
, “orphan”
.
,
, “Herakleopolis”
,
,
, “children”
,
, “crown-prince”
,
, “weaned princeling”
, “old”.
, 
, “eldest”.
,
, “great”.
,
,
, “old”
,
, “lean (verb)”
,
, “support oneself”
, “quarryman”.
, 
, 
,
, “elder of the portal”.
, “official (noun)”.
, 
,
, “courtiers”
,
,
,
, “statue”
,
,
, “statue”
, “sovereign”. 
, “strong”.
, 
,
, “strike”
,
, “take away”
,
, “rob”
,
, “teach”
,
, “summon”
,
, “call”
, “servant”.
, “O (vocative interjection)”. 
.
,
, “high”.
, 
,
, “rejoice”
,
, “praise”
,
, “mourn”
, “bald”. 
,
, “upside down”
,
, “praise”
,
,
,
,
, “show respect”
,
, “averted (face)”
,
, “dance”
,
, “jubilate”
, “herdsman”.
, 
,
, “wander”
,
, “stranger”
, “pound”, “build”. 
, “build”. 
, “brewer”.
, 
, “Qus”. 
,
, “Ptah”
,
, “Month”
,
,
,
, “king”
,
, “majesty”
,
, “lord”
,
,
, 
, “Osiris”. 
, “king of Lower Egypt”.
, 

, “guard”, “protect”.
, 
, “relating to”, “belonging to”.
, 
,
,
, “Nubian nomads”
,
, “Sonbu”
,
, “courtiers”
,
,
, “noble”.
,
, “ancestors”
,
,
,
, “Paheri”
,
, “blessed (deceased)”
,
, 
,
,
, “form”
,
, “form”
,
, “death”
,
, “sarcophagus”
, “lie”.
, 
,
, “death”
,
, “corpse”
, “servant”.
, “a boon that the king grants”.
, “dig”.
, “drive away”. 
, “sow”. 
, “sistrum player”.
, “dwarf”.
1,
, “Tefnakht”
, “million”, “many”].