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The hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt are often listed in groups of associated glyphs. The following hieroglyphs have been grouped according to the system established by Sir Alan Gardiner. The following hieroglyphs are all depictions of men and their activities.

Codes

Abb; the sign is an abbreviation of a word,
Det; the sign acts as a determinative (it has no phonetic value, but provids further information about the full word),
Log; the sign is a logogram (it represents an entire word or idea),
Phon; the sign has a phonetic value, and
Phon Det; the sign is a phonetic determinant (it acts as a determinative but also has a phonetic value).


A41; god sitting
A41
Det and Log; God, deity, divine "Me"

A42; king sitting
A42
Det; king, majesty, royal "I" , "Me"

A42; king sitting with flail
A42
Det; king, majesty, royal "I" , "Me"

A43; king wearing the white crown of upper (southern) Egypt
A43
Det; king of upper Egypt, Osiris

A44; king wearing the white crown of upper (southern) Egypt and holding a flail
A44
Det; king of upper Egypt, Osiris

A45; king wearing the red crown oflower (northern) Egypt
A45
Det; king of lower Egypt

A46; king wearing the red crown oflower (northern) Egypt and holding a flail
A46
Det; king of lower Egypt

A47; herdsman sitting
A47
Det and log; herdsman, guard

A48; man with knife
A48
Det and log; belonging to, herdsman, guard

A49; Syrian with a stick
A49
Det; foreigner, Asiatic

A50; dignitary sitting
A50
Det and Log; courtier, , nobleman, noble "I", "Me"

A51; dignitary sitting holding a flail
A51
Det and Log; be noble, nobleman

A52; dignitary squatting
A52
Det; be noble, nobleman

A53; standing mummy
A53
Det; mummy case, mummy, statue, form, shape

A54; lying mummy
A54
Det; death, dead

A55; mummy on a bier
A55
Det; to lie, spend the night, death, corpse

A56; man with a stick threatening
A56
Det; to chase away
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