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(Important Note: I have only uploaded the glyphs I
have used in practice sentences and sample constructions. Therefore, not every
glyph indicated on these "source" pages is available on my website at
the moment. Instead, you'll probably see a lot of these little guys,
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ankh |
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crook |
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eye of Horus |
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plural |
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scarab |
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town |
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vulture |
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walk |
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Hieroglyphics became our alphabet through a long, convoluted process of simplification and adjustment. If we backtrack a few steps, we could use some of these same symbols as pictographs again. Most of these lines of descent are still being disputed by linguists.
| Hieroglyph | Became? | Meaning? | Synonym? |
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A | ox |  |
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B | house |  |
| G, C | throwing stick | ||
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D | daleth |  |
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H, E | rejoice | |
| F, U, V, W, Y | hook |  | |
| L | goad | ||
| X | rope | ||
| I, J | hand |  | |
| K | palm | ||
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M | water |  |
| N | fish |  | |
| O | eye |  | |
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P | mouth |  |
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Q | monkey |  |
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R | head |  |
| S | tooth |  | |
| T | mark | ||
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Z | arrow |
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Last updated October 2003
Copyright © 2003 Matthew White
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