Gardiner R4

A loaf of bread on a reed mat

Aggregated from sources · not yet reviewed

Curated notes on this page are not yet reviewed against the cited works.

Description
A loaf of bread on a reed mat
Category
R
Shape family
R-04
Unicode
U+132B5 · EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH R004
Readings
ḥtp
Functions
phonogram, logogram

Readings

ḥtp
Aggregated from sources · not yet reviewed
[1]
Pronunciation
ḥtp
Note
Vowels are not attested in Egyptian writing; the transliteration is a modern scholarly convention, not a reconstructed pronunciation.

Functions

Phonogram · triliteral
ḥtpAggregated from sources · not yet reviewed
[1]
Logogram
ḥtpoffering; be content, at peaceAggregated from sources · not yet reviewed
[1][2]

Words

ḥtp
𓊵
𓏏
𓊪
Spelled with R4, X1, Q3

be content, at peace

  • Middle Egyptian

Role: Phonogram (triliteral) · Reading: ḥtp

[3]

Attestations

The offering formula
Formula
  • Old Egyptian
  • Middle Egyptian

Funerary stelae and false doors, Old Kingdom onward

ḥtp-dꞽ-nswt

“an offering which the king gives”

[1]

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Sources

[1]

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 R4; Excursus B

[2]

Unicode Consortium. Unikemet Data for Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Unicode 17.0.0 (Unikemet-17.0.0.txt).

Cited for: U+132B5

[3]

Faulkner, Raymond O. A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian. Griffith Institute, 1962.

Cited for: s.v. ḥtp

External data

From Unikemet 18.0.0, Unicode, Inc. Not reviewed by this archive; sources vary. Licence · Source

Description
A loaf of bread on a reed mat.
Functions
  • Logogram (offering)
Readings (unreviewed)
ḥtp
Core status
Core
Catalogue
R004 · R-04-001

Unicode License v3 (Unicode terms of use). Retrieved 2026-05-19.

History

  1. Direct edit

    Changed sign R4

    Common rank
    — → 27

    Edited by Archive maintainers