TSL_1_4201_00
Description: An oval of sand.
Basic Form: low broad
Tag: islandlandovalsand
Type: simple

Functions
Function type Semantic value Use
classifier horizon regular

Tokens
TokenSourceDate

ẖn sw jm.yw ꜣḫ.t sqd sw jm.yw qbḥ.w
the ones in the horizon will row him, the ones in the cool waters will sail him
Unas

ẖn sw jm.yw ꜣḫ.t sqd sw jm.yw qbḥ.w
the ones in the horizon will row him, the ones in the cool waters will sail him
Unas

j.wn jw(j).t jw(j)=s ꜥꜣ.wy ꜣḫ.t
She who maroons whom she would maroon will open the two doors of the horizon.
Unas

jm.y ḏr.w ꜣḫ.t ḏ.t r nḥḥ
(...who is) within the borders of the horizon forever and ever.
Unas

bḥd.t(y) nṯr ꜥꜣ sꜣb šw.t pr m ꜣḫ.t nb p.t nb msn ḫnt(.y) jtr.t šmꜥ.t
He of Behedet, the great god, the many-coloured of plumage, who goes forth in the horizon, the lord of the sky, the lord of Mesen, formost of the shrine row of Upper Egypt.
Senwosret I Kheperkare
Bibliography
Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 487
Credits
Creator: L. Seelau
Editor(s): J. Grotenhuis
Function type Semantic value Use
classifier desert, valley, foreign land regular

Tokens
TokenSourceDate

jṯj n=k wrr.t m ꜣꜥꜥ.w wr.w ꜥꜣ.w ḫnt.yw ṯḥnw sbk nb bꜣẖw
Take the Wereret crown from very great foreigners, who are in front of Libya, (as) Sobek, lord of Bakhu.
Unas

ḥwn šmꜥ.w pr m tꜣ-zt(j)
the child of Upper Egypt, who goes forth from the land of the bow
Pepi II Neferkare
Bibliography
Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 487
Credits
Creator: L. Seelau
Editor(s):
Function type Semantic value Use
classifier cloth, garment regular
Comment Currently only known from hieratic or cursive hieroglyphic sources. Note that in this context the oval shape of the sign should be considered bale of cloth, not a sandy tract.
Tokens
TokenSourceDate

wnḫ=j dꜣj.w m-ꜥ tꜣy.t
I don the loin-cloth through Tayt.
18th Dynasty
Bibliography
Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 507
Credits
Creator: J. Grotenhuis
Editor(s): J. Grotenhuis
Function type Semantic value Use
classifier sea, ocean regular

Tokens
TokenSourceDate

pẖr.w š ḥy n(.j) wꜣḏ-wr
the perimeter of the lake, the surge of the Great Green
Pepi II Neferkare
Bibliography
Credits
Creator: L. Seelau
Editor(s):
Function type Phonetic value Semantic value Use
logogram jw island regular

Tokens
TokenSourceDate

ppy nfr-kꜣ-rꜥ pw mꜣꜥ ḫr jw pw n tꜣ nb.n ppy nfr-kꜣ-rꜥ
This Pepi Neferkare is one righteous near this island of land that Pepi Neferkare swum to
Pepi I Merire

šm.n ppy pn jr jw ꜥꜣ ḥr(.y)-jb sḫ.t ḥtp
This Pepy has gone to the great island which is in the middle of field of offerings
Pepi I Merire

jꜣb.t m jw n ḥm.w
The east is (as) the island of the steering oar.
Seankhptahi Seheqenre

mw ꜥꜣ n iw nsrsr ḥr ir.t mr.t=f
The great water of the Isle of Flames made what he wished for
Nectanebis (I) Kheperkare
Bibliography
Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 487
Credits
Creator: S.D. Schweitzer
Editor(s):
Function type Phonetic value Semantic value Use
logogram dꜣj.w loin-cloth, garment regular
Comment Currently only known from hieratic or cursive hieroglyphic sources. Note that in this context the oval shape of the sign should be considered bale of cloth, not a sandy tract.
Tokens
TokenSourceDate

gm.n=sn sw ꜥḥꜥ dꜣj.w sḫd
They found him standing, the loin-cloth upside down
15th Dynasty
Bibliography
Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 507
Credits
Creator: J. Grotenhuis
Editor(s):
Function type Phonetic value Semantic value Use
logogram ꜣḫ.t horizon regular
Comment literally: place of sunrise.
Tokens
TokenSourceDate

m ḏd wr.w ḫnt.yw ꜣḫ.t
as the great ones in front of the horizon speak:
Senwosret II Khakheperre
Bibliography
Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 487
Credits
Creator: J. Grotenhuis
Editor(s):
Function type Phonetic value Use
phonemogram j regular

Tokens
TokenSourceDate

ḥw.t-nn-nswt ꜣbḏw jpw gbtw sꜣwt(y) bḥdt msn jwn.t m ršy sp-sn.w
Herakleopolis, Abydos, Panopolis, Koptos, Assiut, Behedet, Mesen and Dendera are rejoicing, rejoicing,
Ptolemy XI Alexander II
Bibliography
Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 487
Credits
Creator: J. Grotenhuis
Editor(s):
Function type Phonetic value Use
phonemogram b cryptographic

Tokens
TokenSourceDate

jb.w-njk.yw; jb.w-njk.yw (crypt.)
hearts of convicts
2nd half of the 7th century BC
Bibliography
Credits
Creator: T. Kunze
Editor(s):
Tokens
TSL_3_11749 00



[Source: Jsesh]
TSL_3_19331 00
Function type Semantic value Use
classifier horizon regular


ẖn sw jm.yw ꜣḫ.t sqd sw jm.yw qbḥ.w
the ones in the horizon will row him, the ones in the cool waters will sail him
TSL_3_19591 00
Function type Semantic value Use
classifier horizon regular


ẖn sw jm.yw ꜣḫ.t sqd sw jm.yw qbḥ.w
the ones in the horizon will row him, the ones in the cool waters will sail him
TSL_3_19993 00
Function type Semantic value Use
classifier horizon regular


bḥd.t(y) nṯr ꜥꜣ sꜣb šw.t pr m ꜣḫ.t nb p.t nb msn ḫnt(.y) jtr.t šmꜥ.t
He of Behedet, the great god, the many-coloured of plumage, who goes forth in the horizon, the lord of the sky, the lord of Mesen, formost of the shrine row of Upper Egypt.
TSL_3_20080 00
Function type Semantic value Use
classifier horizon regular


j.wn jw(j).t jw(j)=s ꜥꜣ.wy ꜣḫ.t
She who maroons whom she would maroon will open the two doors of the horizon.
TSL_3_20253 00
Function type Semantic value Use
classifier desert, valley, foreign land regular


ḥwn šmꜥ.w pr m tꜣ-zt(j)
the child of Upper Egypt, who goes forth from the land of the bow
TSL_3_20442 00
Function type Semantic value Use
classifier horizon regular


jm.y ḏr.w ꜣḫ.t ḏ.t r nḥḥ
(...who is) within the borders of the horizon forever and ever.
TSL_3_20515 00
Function type Semantic value Use
classifier desert, valley, foreign land regular


jṯj n=k wrr.t m ꜣꜥꜥ.w wr.w ꜥꜣ.w ḫnt.yw ṯḥnw sbk nb bꜣẖw
Take the Wereret crown from very great foreigners, who are in front of Libya, (as) Sobek, lord of Bakhu.
TSL_3_20690 00
Function type Phonetic value Semantic value Use
logogram jw island regular


jꜣb.t m jw n ḥm.w
The east is (as) the island of the steering oar.
TSL_3_20867 00
Function type Phonetic value Semantic value Use
logogram dꜣj.w loin-cloth, garment regular


gm.n=sn sw ꜥḥꜥ dꜣj.w sḫd
They found him standing, the loin-cloth upside down
TSL_3_20870 00
Function type Semantic value Use
classifier cloth, garment regular


wnḫ=j dꜣj.w m-ꜥ tꜣy.t
I don the loin-cloth through Tayt.
TSL_3_21112 00
Function type Phonetic value Semantic value Use
logogram jw island regular


ppy nfr-kꜣ-rꜥ pw mꜣꜥ ḫr jw pw n tꜣ nb.n ppy nfr-kꜣ-rꜥ
This Pepi Neferkare is one righteous near this island of land that Pepi Neferkare swum to
TSL_3_21114 00
Function type Semantic value Use
classifier sea, ocean regular


pẖr.w š ḥy n(.j) wꜣḏ-wr
the perimeter of the lake, the surge of the Great Green
TSL_3_21521 00
Function type Phonetic value Semantic value Use
logogram jw island regular


šm.n ppy pn jr jw ꜥꜣ ḥr(.y)-jb sḫ.t ḥtp
This Pepy has gone to the great island which is in the middle of field of offerings
TSL_3_21524 00
Function type Phonetic value Use
phonemogram j regular


ḥw.t-nn-nswt ꜣbḏw jpw gbtw sꜣwt(y) bḥdt msn jwn.t m ršy sp-sn.w
Herakleopolis, Abydos, Panopolis, Koptos, Assiut, Behedet, Mesen and Dendera are rejoicing, rejoicing,
TSL_3_21529 00
Function type Phonetic value Semantic value Use
logogram ꜣḫ.t horizon regular


m ḏd wr.w ḫnt.yw ꜣḫ.t
as the great ones in front of the horizon speak:
TSL_3_22878 00
Function type Phonetic value Use
phonemogram b cryptographic


jb.w-njk.yw; jb.w-njk.yw (crypt.)
hearts of convicts
TSL_3_24923 00
Function type Phonetic value Semantic value Use
logogram jw island regular


mw ꜥꜣ n iw nsrsr ḥr ir.t mr.t=f
The great water of the Isle of Flames made what he wished for
Bibliography
Borghouts, J. F. (2010), Egyptian: an introduction to the writing and language of the Middle Kingdom, 2 vols. Egyptologische Uitgaven 24, page 93, note 5
Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 487
Codes
Gardiner  N18
Hieroglyphica  N18
Jsesh  N18
Unicode  U+13200 𓈀
Cite as

Please cite as: Class TSL_1_4201_00<http://thotsignlist.org/mytkclass?id=4201&cl=00>, in: Thot Sign List <http://thotsignlist.org>,
edited by Université de Liège and Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften.

Credits
Creator: TSL
Editor(s): J. Grotenhuis, L. Seelau, M. Bader, S.D. Schweitzer

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