Gardiner's Sign List - A. Man and his Occupations

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A. Man and his Occupations

Gardiner Number	Hieroglyph	Description of Glyph	Details
		Seated man	Det. of man, names; Pronoun1st sing. i, wi, ink, kwi. “I,” “me,” “my.”
		Man with hand to mouth	Det. of eat, drink, speak, think.
		Man sitting on heel	Det. of sit.
		Man with arms raised	Det. adoration, hide
		Man hiding	Det. hide
		Man purifying	Det. purity, cleanliness
		Fatigued man	Det. weary, weak
		Man performing hnw	Det. in hnw “jubilation”
		Man with basket on head	Det. in 3ṯp “load,” f3i “carry,” k3t “work.”
		Man holding an oar	Det. in sḳdw “sail.”
		Man with scepter and crook	Det. ḫnms “friend.”
		Man with bow and quiver	Det. mšʿ “army,” soldier.
		Man with arms bound	Det. ḫfty “enemy.”
		Man with bleeding head	Det. of mwt “die,” enemy.
		Man with axe to head	Var. of A14
		Man falling	Det. ḫr “fall,” sḫrt “overthrow.”
		Man bowing	Det. ksi “bow.”
		Child with hand to mouth	Det. šri “young.” Ideo. ẖrd “child.”
		Child sitting	Det. sit, young.
		Child wearing red crown	Det. child-king
		Aged man bending with stick	Det. i3w “old,” smsw “eldest,” wr “great one, chief.”
		Man leaning on forked stick	Var. of A19.
		Man with stick and cloth	Det. and Ideo. sr “official, noble.”
		Statue of man with stick and scepter	Det. statue.
		King with stick and mace	Det. ity, “sovereign.”
		Man striking with stick in both hands	Det. ḥwi, “strike,” nḥm “take away.” Ideo. nḫt strong.
		Man striking with stick in one hand	Det. hwi “strike.”
		Man beckoning	Det. nis “call.” Ideo. vocative i, “Oh!”
		Man running	Phon. in “by,” agent particle.
		Man with arms raised	Det. ḳ3 “high,” ḥʿi “rejoice.”
		Man upside down	Det. upside down.
		Man with arms outstretched	Det. i3w “praise,” dw3 “adoration.”
		Man with arms turned behind him	Det. turn away.
		Man dancing	Det. dance.
		Man with stick and bundle	Det. wander, herdsman.
		Man pounding in a mortar	Det. ḫwsi “pound, build.”
		Man building a wall	Det. and Ideo. ḳd “build.”
		Man straining into a vessel	Det. and Ideo. ʿfty “brewer.”
		Commoner form A36	Use as A36.
		Man holding two animal emblems	Ideo. ḳis/ḳsi “”Cusae” (town).
		Man holding two giraffes	Use as A38.
		Seated god	Det. god. Replaces A1 as 1st sing pronoun when god speaks. i, wi, ink, kwi.
		Seated king	Det. nsw “king,” ḥm “majesty,” nb “lord.”
		Seated king holding flail	Use as A41.
		King wearing white crown of Upper Egypt	Det. king of Upper Egypt.
		King holding flail and wearing white crown of Upper Egypt	Use as A43.
		King wearing red crown of Lower Egypt.	Det. and Ideo. bity “king of Lower Egypt.”
		King holding flail and wearing red crown of Lower Egypt.	Same as A45
		Seated sheperd	Det. and Ideo. s3w “guard,” mniw “herdsman.”
		Man holding knife	Det. iry “relating to.”
		Foreigner with stick	Det. foreigner, ʿ3mw “Asiatics.”
		Noble seated on chair	Det. revered person, deceased. Var. A1 for 1st sing. pronoun.
		Noble seated on chair with flagellum	Det. and Ideo. špsi “noble”
		Kneeling noble with flail	Det. revered person, deceased.
		Upright mummy	Det. mummy, statue, likeness, form.
		Recumbent mummy	Det. dead.
		Mummy on bed	Det. sḏr “lie down,” dead.
		Man threatening stick with one hand	Det. drive off.

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