Hieroglyphic sign - Thot Sign List

TSL_1_680

Description: Man, standing, both arms forward, holding a fishing rod at 45°, fishing line vertical, connecting to a fish, between the fishing line and the toes of the man, slightly tilted upwards.

Category: Men and their occupations [Gardiner A]
Basic Form: full quadrat
Tag: man, standing, with animals, working
Type: composite
Note that technically the cursive script does not use the K1 fish.
Components
TSL_1_3725_00

Bibliography

Gunn, Battiscombe (1926), Review: Peet, Thomas Eric 1923. The Rhind mathematical papyrus: British Museum 10057 and 10058. Introduction, transcription, translation and commentary. London: University Press of Liverpool; Hodder & Stoughton. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 12 (1/2), 123-137, p. 136-137

Morenz, Ludwig D. (1996), Beiträge zur Schriftlichkeitskultur im Mittleren Reich und in der 2. Zwischenzeit. Ägypten und Altes Testament 29, p. 193-197, suggestion of reading

Morenz, Ludwig D. (2006), Der 'Fisch an der Angel' (󰒀): die hieroglyphen-bildliche Metapher eines Mathematikers. Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 133, 51-55, suggestion of reading

Codes

Hieroglyphica A430

Jsesh A430

Cite as

Please cite as: Sign TSL_1_680 <http://thotsignlist.org/mysign?id=680>, in: Thot Sign List <http://thotsignlist.org>,
edited by Université de Liège and Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften.

Credits

Creator: I. Hafemann
Editor(s): J. Grotenhuis, L. Seelau

Function type	Phonetic value	Semantic value	Use
logogram	wḥꜥ	to interpret (to fish)	regular