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"WikiHiero" is a PHP script to render Egyptian hieroglyphs as png images. Since Egyptian hierogplyphs are currently not supported by Unicode this is the only way of rendering hieroglyphics in article texts short of uploading your own custom images.

The script is invoked by the <hiero> tag. For example, <hiero>A</hiero> gets you the "Aleph" hieroglyph,

A

Note that use of the <hiero> tag results in a html table (of class='mw-hierotable') that will separate the surrounding text into paragraphs. A solution for the inline use of WikiHiero images is the manual addition of a surrounding <div> tag, as in the following example:

Aleph is thought to be derived from the West Semitic word for "ox", and its shape is ultimately based on a hieroglyph depicting an ox's head,
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, in Egyptian reading a biliteral sign with the phonetic value ı͗ḥ.

Template {{hiero}} is intended for boxes containing hieroglyphic script.

See mw:Extension:WikiHiero for the project page on MediaWiki.

Hieroglyphs

There are two ways of encoding hieroglyphs:

  • using Gardiner's sign list code (e.g. A12)
  • with the more frequent phonemes (e.g. xA)

Gardiner's sign list

A hieroglyph is encoded by:

  • a letter that represents the category
  • a number that represents rank within the category

NB until the appropriate software is enabled, the encoding will be displayed instead of the hieroglyph.

A. Man and his Occupations

Expected quantity: 55

A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
A6
A7
A8
A9
A10
A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 A17 A18 A19 A20
A11
A12
A13
A14
A15
A16
A17
A18
A19
A20
A21 A22 A23 A24 A25 A26 A27 A28 A29 A30
A21
A22
A23
A24
A25
A26
A27
A28
A29
A30
A31 A32 A33 A34 A35 A36 A37 A38 A39 A40
A31
A32
A33
A34
A35
A36
A37
A38
A39
A40
A41 A42 A43 A44 A45 A46 A47 A48 A49 A50
A41
A42
A43
A44
A45
A46
A47
A48
A49
A50
A51 A52 A53 A54 A55 A56 A57 A58 A59 A60
A51
A52
A53
A54
A55
A56
A57
A58
A59
A60

B. Woman and her Occupations

Expected quantity: 7

B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10
B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
B6
B7
B8
B9
B10
B11 B12 B13 B14 B15 B16 B17 B18 B19 B20
B11
B12
B13
B14
B15
B16
B17
B18
B19
B20

C. Anthropomorphic Deities

Expected quantity: 9

C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8
C9
C10
C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20
C11
C12
C13
C14
C15
C16
C17
C18
C19
C20
C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30
C21
C22
C23
C24
C25
C26
C27
C28
C29
C30

D. Parts of the Human Body

Expected quantity: 63

D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 D10
D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
D6
D7
D8
D9
D10
D11 D12 D13 D14 D15 D16 D17 D18 D19 D20
D11
D12
D13
D14
D15
D16
D17
D18
D19
D20
D21 D22 D23 D24 D25 D26 D27 D28 D29 D30
D21
D22
D23
D24
D25
D26
D27
D28
D29
D30
D31 D32 D33 D34 D35 D36 D37 D38 D39 D40
D31
D32
D33
D34
D35
D36
D37
D38
D39
D40
D41 D42 D43 D44 D45 D46 D47 D48 D49 D50
D41
D42
D43
D44
D45
D46
D47
D48
D49
D50
D51 D52 D53 D54 D55 D56 D57 D58 D59 D60
D51
D52
D53
D54
D55
D56
D57
D58
D59
D60
D61 D62 D63 D64 D65 D66 D67 D68 D69 D70
D61
D62
D63
D64
D65
D66
D67
D68
D69
D70

E. Mammals

Expected quantity: 34