Help:WikiHiero syntax

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

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,

, 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









































A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 A17 A18 A19 A20









































A21 A22 A23 A24 A25 A26 A27 A28 A29 A30









































A31 A32 A33 A34 A35 A36 A37 A38 A39 A40









































A41 A42 A43 A44 A45 A46 A47 A48 A49 A50









































A51 A52 A53 A54 A55 A56 A57 A58 A59 A60
























A57



A58







A60

B. Woman and her Occupations

Expected quantity: 7

B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10









































B11 B12 B13 B14 B15 B16 B17 B18 B19 B20








B13



B14



B15



B16



B17



B18



B19



B20

C. Anthropomorphic Deities

Expected quantity: 9

C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10









































C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20








C13



C14



C15



C16




















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









































D11 D12 D13 D14 D15 D16 D17 D18 D19 D20









































D21 D22 D23 D24 D25 D26 D27 D28 D29 D30









































D31 D32 D33 D34 D35 D36 D37 D38 D39 D40









































D41 D42 D43 D44 D45 D46 D47 D48 D49 D50









































D51 D52 D53 D54 D55 D56 D57 D58 D59 D60









































D61 D62 D63 D64 D65 D66 D67 D68 D69 D70












D64



D65



D66



D67



D68



D69



D70

E. Mammals

Expected quantity: 34