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D; Parts of the body, page one

 D1; head in profile
D1
Det & Log; Kopf, back of the head, behind, to neglect, forehead, appoint"



 D2; head facing front
D2
Det & Log; face, on, for Phon; Hr



D3; lock of hair
D3
Det & Log; hair, skin, colour, nature, mourn, empty, bald, fall out



 D4; eye
D4
Det & Log; eye, make, see, be blind Phon; ir



 D5; painted eye
D5
Det & Log; eye, make, see, be blind



 D6; painted upper eyelid
D6
Det & Log; eye paint, be beautiful, look, see



 D7; painted lower eyelid
D7
Det & Log; eye paint, be beautiful, look, see



D8; an eye on the sign for land
D8
Det; in Anwu, Ainu



 D9; weeping eye
D9
Det & Log; weep



 D10; Wadjet eye (also called the eye of Horus)
D10
Det & Log; Wadjet eye



 D11; the white of the eye (left)
D11
Abbr; heqat (corn measure)



 D12; pupil
D12
Det; pupil Abbr; heqat (corn measure)



 D13; eyebrow
D13
Abbr; 1/8 heqat (corn measure)



 D13a; two eye brows
D13a
Det; eye brows



 D14; white of the eye (right)
D14
Abbr; 1/16 heqat (corn measure)



 D15; the diagonal line of the Wadjet eye
D15
Abbr; 1/32 heqat (corn measure)



 D16; the verticle line of the Wadjet eye
D16
Abbr; 1/64 heqat (corn measure)



 D17; the verticle and diagonal lines of the Wadjet eye
D17
Det & Log; image



 D18; ear
D18
Det & Log; ear br>


 D19; eye and cheek
D19
Det & Log; nose, smell, rejoice, face, front, be mild oppose obedient Phon; xnt



 D20; nose and eye
D20
Det & Log; nose, smell, rejoice, face, front, be mild oppose obedient Phon; xnt



 D21; mouth
D21
Log; mouth, spell Phon; r



 D22; mouth with two lines extending from it
D22
Log; 2/3



D23; mouth with three lines extending from it
D23
Log; 3/4



 D24; mouth and upper teeth
D24
Log; edge, lip



 D25; mouth and upper and lower teeth
D25
Log; both lips



 D26; mouth spitting
D26
Det; spit , vomit, blood



 D27; small breast
D27
Det & Log; breast, suckle, tutor



 D27a; large breast
D27a
Det & Log; breast, suckle, tutor



 D28; arms
D28
Phon; kA Log; ka



 D29; arms on a standard
D29
Log; divine ka



 D30; arms on a standard pointing to the side
D30
Det; Nehebkau



 D31; arms embracing a pestle
D31
Log; mortuary priest



 D32; arms embracing
D32
Det; embrace, hug, spread arms





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).


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