Hieroglyphic token class - Thot Sign List

TSL_1_6120_00

Description: A hair pin or burin.

Basic Form: tall narrow
Tag: chisel
Type: simple

Functions

Function type	Phonetic value	Use
phonemogram	ꜣb	regular

Tokens

Token	Source	Date
	jw=(j) hꜣ.k(wj) r ꜣbḏ.w ẖr I descended to Abydos, which was under ...	1st Intermediate Period
	jꜣm(ꜣ) n ꜣb.t=f ṯz m pḥ.wj pr jtj=f m pḥ.tj jn-ḥr Kind to his family, raised from the back of his father's house by the power of Onuris.	9th/10th Dynasties
	ḥtp-dj-nsw wsjr nb ḏd.w ḫnt(.y) jmn.tyw nb ꜣb(ḏ.w) ḥꜣ.t(y)-ꜥ smḥr-wꜥ.t(y) ḥqꜣ ḥw.t (j)m(.y)-r(ꜣ) jꜥꜣ.w ḏꜣr.j A royal offering (for) Osiris, Lord Of Djedu, and Khenti-Amentiu, Lord of Abydos, (in favour of) the major, sole companion, estate manager and overseer of the interpreters Djari	Intef II Wahankh
	n.w tꜣ-wr ꜣbḏw of the Thinite nome and Abydos.	Mentuhotep II Nebhepetre (complete reign)
	ḥtp-dj-nswt wsjr nb ḏdw ḫnt(.y) jmn.tyw nb ꜣbḏw An offering that the king gives of Osiris, lord of Busiris, formost of the westerners, lord of Abydos,	Amenemhat I Sehetepibre
	jnk mrr.y h(ꜣ)w.w=f sdmj n{n} ꜣb.wt=f I am one beloved of his neighbourhood, one fitting in his family.	Senwosret I Kheperkare
	pḥ.n=j ꜣbw mj wḏḏ.tt sn=j tꜣ n nb qbḥ.w I reached Elephantine, as commanded, so that I may kiss the earth for the lord of the first cataract.	Amenemhat II Nebukaure
	ḥtp-ḏ-nswt (n) wsjr nb-dd.w ḫnt(.j)-jmn.tjw nṯr-ꜥꜣ nb-ꜣbḏw m s.wt=f nb.t nfr.t wꜥb(.t) An offering which the king gives (to) Osiris, lord of Busiris, Khentamenti, great god, lord of Abydos in all his good and pure places	Amenemhat II Nebukaure
	ḥtp-dj-nswt wsr ḫnt.y jmn.tyw nṯr ꜥꜣ nb ꜣbḏw jgꜣj nb wḥꜣ.t dj=sn An offering that the king gives (to) Osiris, formost of the westerners, the great god, lord of Abidos, and Igai, lord of the Oasis, may they give	13th Dynasty
	n.t ꜣbw n mḥ 30 m qꜣ=f of Elephantine, of 30 cubit as its height	Tuthmosis III Menkheperre (complete reign)
	n jsy ꜣbw nḏḥ.t 2 ḥmt ḏb.t 40 dḥty ḏb.t 1 of Isy: two tusks of ivory, fourty bricks of copper, one brick of lead.	Tuthmosis III Menkheperre (complete reign)
	nfr.w n(.w) nty m tꜣ-wr ꜣbḏw spꜣ.t mr.n=f the beauty of that which is in Thinis, Abydos, the district which he loved	Ramesses II Usermaatre-Setepenre

Bibliography

Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 518

Credits

Creator: TSL
Editor(s):

Function type	Phonetic value	Use
phonemogram	mr / mḥr	regular

Tokens

Token	Source	Date
	ḥꜣ.ty-ꜥ ẖtm.w-bj.ty smḥr wꜥ.ty The mayor, the seal bearer of the king of Lower Egypt, the sole companion	Pepi II Neferkare
	smḥr-wꜥ.tj (j)m(.j)-r(')-mšꜥ (j)m(.j)-r(')-ꜥꜣw ḏmj ḏd The sole friend, the overseer of troops and overseer of foreign mercenaries, Djemi saying:	1st Intermediate Period
	ḥtp-dj nsw jnp.w tp(.j)-ḏw=f jm.j-wt nb tꜣ-ḏsr pr.t-ḫrw n ḥꜣ.tj-ꜥ ḫtm.tj-bj.t smḥr wꜥ.tj ḥr.j-ḥ(ꜣ)b jmꜣḫ jndj ḏd An offering which the king gives (and) Anubis, who is upon his hill, Imiut, lord of the sacred land, invocation offerings for the mayor, sealbearer of the king of Lower Egypt, sole companion, lector priest, the revered, Indi, who says:	9th/10th Dynasties
	ḥtp-dj-nsw wsjr nb ḏd.w ḫnt(.y) jmn.tyw nb ꜣb(ḏ.w) ḥꜣ.t(y)-ꜥ smḥr-wꜥ.t(y) ḥqꜣ ḥw.t (j)m(.y)-r(ꜣ) jꜥꜣ.w ḏꜣr.j A royal offering (for) Osiris, Lord Of Djedu, and Khenti-Amentiu, Lord of Abydos, (in favour of) the major, sole companion, estate manager and overseer of the interpreters Djari	Intef II Wahankh
	(j)r(.y)-pꜥ(.t) ḥꜣ.t(y)-ꜥ ḫtm.w-bj.ty smḥr wꜥ.t ẖr(.y)-ḥb (j)m(.y)-r ẖꜣs.wt (j)m(.y)-r ꜥ.w ḥr(.y)-štꜣ n tp-šmꜥ ḥqꜣ-jb mꜣꜥ-ḫrw The prince, the mayor, the sealbearer of the king of Lower Egypt, the sole companion, the lector priest, the overseer of foreign lands, the overseer of interpreters, the keeper of secrets of the head of Upper Egypt (Elephantine), Heqaib, justified.	Senwosret I Kheperkare

Bibliography

Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 518
Quack, Joachim Friedrich (2022), Nochmals zum Lautwert von Gardiner Sign-List U 23. Lingua Aegyptia 30, 271-289
Quack, Joachim Friedrich (2003), Zum Lautwert von Gardiner sign-list U 23. Lingua Aegyptia 11, 113-116
Collombert, Philippe (2010), (m)Hr, "pyramide"? Göttinger Miszellen 227, 17-22
Schweitzer, Simon D. (2011), Zum Lautwert einiger Hieroglyphen: [D1], [U23], [F25] und [W19]. Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 138, 132-149
Pathappan, Peter (2026), The Phonetic Value of Gardiner's Sign U 23 (𓍋) in Earlier Egyptian. Bibliothèque Ouverte d'Égyptologie, fascicule 1.

Credits

Creator: J. Grotenhuis
Editor(s):

Tokens

TSL_3_13668 00

[Source: Jsesh]

TSL_3_14647 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Use
phonemogram	mr / mḥr	regular

ḥꜣ.ty-ꜥ ẖtm.w-bj.ty smḥr wꜥ.ty
The mayor, the seal bearer of the king of Lower Egypt, the sole companion

TSL_3_14962 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Use
phonemogram	ꜣb	regular

pḥ.n=j ꜣbw mj wḏḏ.tt sn=j tꜣ n nb qbḥ.w
I reached Elephantine, as commanded, so that I may kiss the earth for the lord of the first cataract.

TSL_3_17948 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Use
phonemogram	ꜣb	regular

ḥtp-dj-nswt wsr ḫnt.y jmn.tyw nṯr ꜥꜣ nb ꜣbḏw jgꜣj nb wḥꜣ.t dj=sn
An offering that the king gives (to) Osiris, formost of the westerners, the great god, lord of Abidos, and Igai, lord of the Oasis, may they give

TSL_3_17999 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Use
phonemogram	ꜣb	regular

nfr.w n(.w) nty m tꜣ-wr ꜣbḏw spꜣ.t mr.n=f
the beauty of that which is in Thinis, Abydos, the district which he loved

TSL_3_18407 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Use
phonemogram	ꜣb	regular

jnk mrr.y h(ꜣ)w.w=f sdmj n{n} ꜣb.wt=f
I am one beloved of his neighbourhood, one fitting in his family.

TSL_3_18914 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Use
phonemogram	mr / mḥr	regular

smḥr-wꜥ.tj (j)m(.j)-r(')-mšꜥ (j)m(.j)-r(')-ꜥꜣw ḏmj ḏd
The sole friend, the overseer of troops and overseer of foreign mercenaries, Djemi saying:

TSL_3_18915 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Use
phonemogram	ꜣb	regular

jw=(j) hꜣ.k(wj) r ꜣbḏ.w ẖr
I descended to Abydos, which was under ...

TSL_3_19180 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Use
phonemogram	ꜣb	regular

ḥtp-ḏ-nswt (n) wsjr nb-dd.w ḫnt(.j)-jmn.tjw nṯr-ꜥꜣ nb-ꜣbḏw m s.wt=f nb.t nfr.t wꜥb(.t)
An offering which the king gives (to) Osiris, lord of Busiris, Khentamenti, great god, lord of Abydos in all his good and pure places

TSL_3_20836 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Use
phonemogram	mr / mḥr	regular

(j)r(.y)-pꜥ(.t) ḥꜣ.t(y)-ꜥ ḫtm.w-bj.ty smḥr wꜥ.t ẖr(.y)-ḥb (j)m(.y)-r ẖꜣs.wt (j)m(.y)-r ꜥ.w ḥr(.y)-štꜣ n tp-šmꜥ ḥqꜣ-jb mꜣꜥ-ḫrw
The prince, the mayor, the sealbearer of the king of Lower Egypt, the sole companion, the lector priest, the overseer of foreign lands, the overseer of interpreters, the keeper of secrets of the head of Upper Egypt (Elephantine), Heqaib, justified.

TSL_3_21074 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Use
phonemogram	mr / mḥr	regular

ḥtp-dj nsw jnp.w tp(.j)-ḏw=f jm.j-wt nb tꜣ-ḏsr pr.t-ḫrw n ḥꜣ.tj-ꜥ ḫtm.tj-bj.t smḥr wꜥ.tj ḥr.j-ḥ(ꜣ)b jmꜣḫ jndj ḏd
An offering which the king gives (and) Anubis, who is upon his hill, Imiut, lord of the sacred land, invocation offerings for the mayor, sealbearer of the king of Lower Egypt, sole companion, lector priest, the revered, Indi, who says:

TSL_3_21090 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Use
phonemogram	ꜣb	regular

jꜣm(ꜣ) n ꜣb.t=f ṯz m pḥ.wj pr jtj=f m pḥ.tj jn-ḥr
Kind to his family, raised from the back of his father's house by the power of Onuris.

TSL_3_21627 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Use
phonemogram	ꜣb	regular

n jsy ꜣbw nḏḥ.t 2 ḥmt ḏb.t 40 dḥty ḏb.t 1
of Isy: two tusks of ivory, fourty bricks of copper, one brick of lead.

TSL_3_22674 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Use
phonemogram	ꜣb	regular

n.t ꜣbw n mḥ 30 m qꜣ=f
of Elephantine, of 30 cubit as its height

TSL_3_22952 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Use
phonemogram	ꜣb	regular

n.w tꜣ-wr ꜣbḏw
of the Thinite nome and Abydos.

TSL_3_23027 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Use
phonemogram	ꜣb	regular

ḥtp-dj-nswt wsjr nb ḏdw ḫnt(.y) jmn.tyw nb ꜣbḏw
An offering that the king gives of Osiris, lord of Busiris, formost of the westerners, lord of Abydos,

TSL_3_23217 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Use
phonemogram	ꜣb	regular

ḥtp-dj-nsw wsjr nb ḏd.w ḫnt(.y) jmn.tyw nb ꜣb(ḏ.w) ḥꜣ.t(y)-ꜥ smḥr-wꜥ.t(y) ḥqꜣ ḥw.t (j)m(.y)-r(ꜣ) jꜥꜣ.w ḏꜣr.j
A royal offering (for) Osiris, Lord Of Djedu, and Khenti-Amentiu, Lord of Abydos, (in favour of) the major, sole companion, estate manager and overseer of the interpreters Djari

TSL_3_23218 00

Function type	Phonetic value	Use
phonemogram	mr / mḥr	regular

Bibliography

Borghouts, J. F. (2010), Egyptian: an introduction to the writing and language of the Middle Kingdom, 2 vols. Egyptologische Uitgaven 24, page 142, note 1

Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957), Egyptian grammar being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3rd, revised edition, page 518, see note 0 for more detail

Quack, Joachim Friedrich (2022), Nochmals zum Lautwert von Gardiner Sign-List U 23. Lingua Aegyptia 30, 271-289

Schweitzer, Simon D. (2011), Zum Lautwert einiger Hieroglyphen: [D1], [U23], [F25] und [W19]. Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 138, 132-149

Pathappan, Peter (2026), The Phonetic Value of Gardiner's Sign U 23 (𓍋) in Earlier Egyptian. Bibliothèque Ouverte d'Égyptologie, fascicule 1.

Codes

Gardiner U23

Hieroglyphica U23

Jsesh U23

Unicode U+1334B 𓍋

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Please cite as: Class TSL_1_6120_00<http://thotsignlist.org/mytkclass?id=6120&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, S.D. Schweitzer, A. Weber