Baker's tool (hieroglyph)
Hetepet's
slab stela, painted limestone.
(seen left of center, in long row of hieroglyphs,
)
The Ancient Egyptian Baker's tool hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. U31 for a 'bread-baking oven tool'.
The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters
The following two tables show the Egyptian uniliteral signs. (24 letters, but multiple use hieroglyphs)
| a |
i
(ee) |
y
ii |
'
ah, (aïn) |
w, (u)
(oo) |
B |
| P |
F |
M |
N |
R |
H1 |
| H2 |
(Kh)1 |
(Kh)2 |
S |
Sh
(Sh) |
K
emphatic |
| K |
G |
T |
Tj
Ch
Tsh |
D |
Dj |
(additionally 4
for vert/horiz) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
M
(horiz)
M2-Plinth |
N
(vert)
(see:
N (red crown)) |
S
(vert)
S (folded)
cloth) |
|
|
M
(3rd-M
-2nd-vert)
M3-Baker's tool
(vertical) |
(additionally 3
for equivalents) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
 |
|
(2 |
reeds) |
|
is—
 |
(2 |
strokes) |
|
y2-Two strokes |
 |
(quail) |
|
is—
 |
(coil) |
|
letter w, u
(see w2-Coil) |
|
T
(no. 2)
T2-Pestle |
|
|
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Relief close-up showing vertical usage
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See also
References
- ↑ Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, "Tool for putting bread in the oven", p. 241.
- Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, Betrò, Maria Carmela, c. 1995, 1996-(English), Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, London, Paris (hardcover, ISBN 0-7892-0232-8)
