Gardiner's List
About Gardiner's list
![[Picture of Alan Gardiner]](/img/alan-gardiner.jpg "Sir Alan Gardiner")
About
The Gardiner's Sign List is a catalogue of Egyptian hieroglyphs edited in 1927 by Sir Alan Gardiner (Eltham, 1879 – Oxford, 1963), published inside his noted work Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs.
It is considered a standard reference in the study of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
(See Gardiner's sing list on Wikipedia)
A - Man and his occupations
B - Woman and her occupations
C - Anthropomorphic deities
D - Parts of the human body
E - Mammals
F - Parts of mammals
G - Birds
H - Parts of Birds
I - Amphibious Animals, Reptiles, etc.
K - Fish and parts of fish
L - Invertebrates and lesser animals
M - Trees and plants
N - Sky, earth, water
O - Buildings, parts of buildings, etc.
P - Ships and parts of ships
Q - Domestics and funerary furniture
R - Temple furniture and sacred emblems
S - Crowns, dress, staves, etc.
T - Warfare, hunting, butchery
U - Agriculture, Crafts, and Professions
V - Rope, fiber, baskets, bags, etc.
W - Vessels of stone and earthenware
X - Loaves and cakes
Y - Writings, games, music
Z - Geometrical figures, Hieratic signs
Aa - Unclassified