P; Ships and parts of ships

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 and are all depictions of ships and parts of ships.

P1 Det; ship, sail, to sail	P1a Det; capsize	P2 Det; sail upstream	P3 Det and Log; Neshemet barque, holy barque, to cross, to sail in a holy barque
P4 Abbr; fisherman	P5 Det and Log; sail, sailor , north, north wind	P6 Log; building, temple, enclosure, foundation	P7 Log; building, temple, enclosure, foundation
P8 Phon; hrw Phon Det; hrw in "justified" Det and Log; voice, oar	P9 Abbr; hrwj.fj "he said" at the end of a quote	P10 Det; rudder	P11 Det; mooring post

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).

A: Man and his occupations
B: Woman and her occupations
C: Anthropomorphic Deities
D: Parts of the body
E: Mammals
F: Parts of Mammals
G: Birds, 1
H: Parts of Birds
I: Amphibious Animals, Reptiles, etc.

K: Fishes and Parts of Fishes
L: Invertebrata and Lesser Animals
M: Trees and Plants
N: Sky, Earth, Water
O: Buildings and Parts of Buildings
P: Ships and Parts of Ships
Q: Domestic and Funerary Furniture

R: Temple Furniture and Sacret Emblems
S: Crowns, Dress, Staves, etc
T: Warfare, Hunting, Butchery
U: Agriculture, Crafts and Professions V: Rope, Fibre, Baskets, Bags, etc.
W: Vessels of Stone and Earthenware
X: Loaves and Cakes
Y: Writing, Games, Music
Z: Strokes, Geometrical Figures, etc.
Aa: Unclassified

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