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E; Mammals

 E1; bull
E1
Det & Log; cow, cattle, herd



E2; charging bull
E2
Det & Log; strong bull, fighting bull



E3; calf
E3
Det; calf, short-horned cow



E4; Hesat Cow
E4
Det & Log; Hesat Cow (holy)



E5; suckling cow
E5
Det; only in ‘to show interest for’



 E6; prancing horse
E6
Det & Log; horse, stallion



 E7; donkey
E7
Det; donkey



 E8; kid
E8
Det; kid, herd Phon; jb Phon; Det; jb



E8a; jumping kid
E8a
Det; kid, herd Phon; jb Phon; Det; jb



E9; newborn calf
E9
Phon; jw



E10; bearded ram
E10
Det; ram, sheep, Khnum



E11; ram
E11
Det; ram, sheep, Khnum



E12; pig
E12
Det; pig



E13; cat
E13
Det; cat



E14; dog
E14
Det; dog, Slougi (type of dog)



E15; jackal
E15
Det & Log; Anubis, privy councillor (rare)



E16; jackal on a shrine
E16
Det & Log; Anubis, privy councillor (rare)



D17; standing jackal
E17
Det & Log; jackal, dignitary



 E18; jackal standard
E18
Det; Upaut



 E19; jackal standard
E19
Det; Upaut



 E20; Seth animal
E20
Det & Log; Seth, chaos, disorder



 E21; Seth animal lying down
E21
Det & Log; storm, chaos



E22; lion
E22
Det & Log; lion



E23; crouching lion
E23
Log; lion Phon; rw & l (the later in the Ptolemaic period)



E24; panther
E24
Det; panther, leopard



E25; hippo
E25
Det; hippo



E26; elephant
E26
Det; elephant



E27; giraffe
E27
Det; giraffe, prophesy



E28; antelope
E28
Det; antelope



E29; gazelle
E29
Det; gazelle



E30; ibex
E30
Det; ibex



E31; goat wearing a necklace
E31
Det & Log; dignity



E32; baboon
E32
Det: baboon, monkey, angry



E33; vervet monkey
E33
Det; vervet monkey



E34; hare
E34
Phon; wn




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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