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O; Buildings and Parts of Buildings, page one

O1; house
O1
Phon; pr Det & Log; house, sanctuary, building, place, location, horizon



O2; house and mace
O2
Abbr; treasury



O3; house and offerings
O3
Abbr; mortuary offering



O4; winding wall
O4
Phon; h Log; manor



O5; winding wall
O5
Phon Det; mr, mn Det; street



O6; estate
O6
Log; building, temple, enclosure, foundation



O7; estate
O7
Log; building, temple, enclosure, foundation



O8; an estate with the signs for a pillar and bread
O8
Abbr; large building



O9; an estate with the signs for a basket and bread
O9
Abbr; Nepthys



O10; a hawk within an estate
O10
Abbr; Hathor



O11; palace
O11
Log; palace



O12; palace
O12
Log; palace



O13; enclosure wall
O13
Det; gateway



O14; part of an enclosure wall
O14
Det; gateway



O15; enclosure wall with a pot and some bread
O15
Log; wide hall



O16; gate with a ureaus (snake) frieze
O16
Phon Det; tA Det & Log; curtain eternity



O17; gate with a ureaus (snake) frieze
O17
Phon Det; tA Det & Log; curtain eternity



O18; chapel
O18
Det & Log; chapel



O19; shrine
O19
Det; sanctuary of upper (southern) Egypt, row of chapels



O20; shrine
O20
Det; sanctuary of lower (northern) Egypt, row of chapels, sanctuary



O21; front of a shrine
O21
Det & Log; chamber of the god



O22; tent made of reed mats
O22
Phon; HAb Phon Det; HAb Det & Log; pavillion



O23; kiosk with a double throne
O23
Det & Log; heb sed festival



O24; pyramid
O24
Det; pyramid, Memphis



O24; obelisk
O24
Det & Log; obelisk




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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