Gardiner G10

A falcon (G5), on top of a moon-sickle shaped boat with a higher prow than stern, with a rudder, with the head of an antelope (F81) on top of the prow, facing inwards, with a downward line with multiple horizontal lines written over it coming from the head, on top of a sledge (P60B)

Description: A falcon (G5), on top of a moon-sickle shaped boat with a higher prow than stern, with a rudder, with the head of an antelope (F81) on top of the prow, facing inwards, with a downward line with multiple horizontal lines written over it coming from the head, on top of a sledge (P60B)
Category: G
Shape family: G-12
Unicode: U+1314B · EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH G010
Readings: ḥnw
Functions: classifier

Readings

Pronunciation: ḥnw
Note: Vowels are not attested in Egyptian writing; the transliteration is a modern scholarly convention, not a reconstructed pronunciation.

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[1]: Unicode Consortium. Unikemet Data for Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Unicode 17.0.0 (Unikemet-17.0.0.txt).
Cited for: U+1314B
[2]: Gardiner, Alan H. Egyptian Grammar. 3rd ed. Griffith Institute, 1957.
Origin of the Gardiner sign-list numbering (e.g. A1, D21).
Cited for: Sign-list G10

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Description: A falcon (G5), on top of a moon-sickle shaped boat with a higher prow than stern, with two rudders, with the head of an antelope (F81) on top of the prow, facing inwards, with a downward line with multiple horizontal lines written over it coming from the head, on top of a sledge (P60B).
Functions: Classifier bark of Sokar
Readings (unreviewed): ḥnw
Core status: Core
Catalogue: G010 · G-12-151

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