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O: Buildings and Parts of Buildings, page one
O: Buildings and Parts of Buildings, page two
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

Y; Writing, games and music

Y1; closed scroll
Y1
Det & Log; book, write, writing, abstract ideas, to be large, to be new Abbr; sum



Y2; open scroll
Y2
Det & Log; book, write, writing, abstract ideas, to be large, to be new Abbr; sum



X2a; bread loaf and beer jug
Y2a
Det; mortuary offering, food



Y3; writing set
Y3
Det; writing implements Abbr; to write, writing



Y4; writing set
Y4
Det; writing implements Abbr; to write, writing



Y5; senet game
Y5
Phon; mn



Y6; senet game piece
Y6
Det & Log; game piece Abbr; dancer



Y7; harp
Y7
Det; harp



Y8; sistrum
Y8
Phon; shm Det & Log; sistrum




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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