Reading

Hieroglyphs

F. A. Amati and M. M. Bishop

 References
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Cover Picture taken from:

McDonald J. K., 1996, House of Eternity: The Tomb of Nefertari, Thames and Hudson, London, p88
Part
One
The Alphabet
Gardiner’s Alphabet Winglyph Alphabet
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y (1) (2) b

a d

w D

b f

p g

f h

m H

n i

r k

h m

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x p

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s (1) (2) r

S s

q S

k t

g T

t w

T x

d X

D y

z
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