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

X; Bread and cakes

X1; bread loaf
X1
Phon; t Log; bread Abbr; "father"



X2; bread loaf
X2
Det & Log; bread Abbr; Thoth, "father" in "jt-nTr"- "father of the god"



X2a; bread loaf and beer jug
X2a
Det; mortuary offering, food



X3; bread loaf
X3
Det & Log; bread Abbr; Thoth, "father" in "jt-nTr"- "father of the god"



X4; bread loaf
X4
Det; bread, food, food offering



X4a; elongated bread loaf
X4a
Det; bread, food, food offering



X5; elongated bread loaf with two strokes
X5
Det; bread, food, food offering



X6; round bread loaf with bakers fingermark
X6
Det & Phon Det; "PAt"- "bread"



X7; half loaf
X7
Det; half loaf, food offerings, food



X7a; two half loaves
X7a
Det; Det; to eat, food Abbr; eat



X8; conical bread loaf
X8
Phon; d (rare) Abbr; give




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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