(Important Note: I have only uploaded the glyphs I have used in practice sentences and sample constructions. Therefore, not every glyph indicated on these "source" pages is available on my website at the moment. Instead, you'll probably see a lot of these little guys, , indicating that the image can't be loaded.) |
ankh | |
crook | |
eye of Horus | |
plural | |
scarab | |
town | |
vulture | |
walk |
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Hieroglyphics became our alphabet through a long, convoluted process of simplification and adjustment. If we backtrack a few steps, we could use some of these same symbols as pictographs again. Most of these lines of descent are still being disputed by linguists.
Hieroglyph | Became? | Meaning? | Synonym? |
A | ox | ||
B | house | ||
G, C | throwing stick | ||
D | daleth | ||
H, E | rejoice | ||
F, U, V, W, Y | hook | ||
L | goad | ||
X | rope | ||
I, J | hand | ||
K | palm | ||
M | water | ||
N | fish | ||
O | eye | ||
P | mouth | ||
Q | monkey | ||
R | head | ||
S | tooth | ||
T | mark | ||
Z | arrow |
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Last updated October 2003
Copyright © 2003 Matthew White