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U; Agriculture, crafts and professions, page one

U1; disk sickle
U1
Phon; mA Det & Log; to cut with a sickle, bend



U2; disk sickle
U2
Phon; mA Det & Log; to cut with a sickle, bend



U3; sickle eye
U3
Det; the stand of the balance



U4; a sickle and a podium
U4
Phon; mA´



U5; a sickle and a podium
U5
Phon; mA´



U6; hoe
U6
Phon; mr Det; to till the soil



U7; hoe
U7
Phon; mr Det & Log; to love, loosen the soil, till



U8; hoe
U8
Phon; Hn Log; hoe



U9; corn measure
U9
Det; corn, emmer, to measure, a measure



U10; a corn measure
U10
Det & Log; barley, emmer, cereal



U11; a corn measure and a crook
U11
Abbr; Heqat measure



U12; a corn measure and a crook
U12
Abbr; Heqat measure



U13; plough
U13
Phon; hb Det; to plough



T14; plough
T14
Phon; Sna



U15; sledge
U15
Phon; tm



U16; a jackal headed sledge
U16
Phon; bjA Det; sled



U17; a hoe protruding from the earth
U17
Log; to found



U18; a hoe protruding from the earth
U18
Log; to found



U19; adze
U19
Phon; nw



U20; adze
U20
Phon; nw



U21; harpoon
U21
Phon; stp




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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