What do you think?
Rate this book
Hieroglyphic Dictionary 3000
This is an easy to use book containing over 3000 hieroglyphic words and their English translations that you can carry to museums, etc. to interpret hieroglyph inscriptions anywhere. Amazon printed the wrong contents and shipped it with the correct copyrighted cover to customers. This Amazon printing error has since been corrected but it has unfairly caused some one star reviews. Included with the translations are the individual variations of these hieroglyphic words. You are not limited to referencing the translation of a Hieroglyphic word or phrase but also looking up the hieroglyphic word you would find on monuments, tombs, Egyptian art, papyri, etc. This volume contains an easy to use categorized Hieroglyphic word to English translation.
There is also available an ebook version of the Hieroglyphic Dictionary 3000. The eBook version contains both the alphabetically listed English to Hieroglyphic word translation and the categorized Hieroglyph to English word translation
The Hieroglyph to English section is arranged using the Gardiner sign list categories. According to the Gardiner sign list each hieroglyph is assigned to a Category and then a number within that Category.
Cat. A – Man and his occupations
Cat. B – Woman and her occupations
Cat. C – Anthropomorphic Deities
Cat. D – Parts of the Human Body
Cat. E – Mammals
Cat. F – Parts of Mammals
Cat. G – Birds
Cat. H – Parts of Birds
Cat. I – Amphibious Animals, Reptiles, etc.
Cat. K – Fishes and Parts of Fishes
Cat. L – Invertebrata and Lesser Animals
Cat. M – Trees and Plants
Cat. N – Sky, Earth, Water
Cat. O – Buildings, Parts of Buildings
Cat. P – Ships and Parts of Ships
Cat. Q – Domestic and Funerary Furniture
Cat. R – Temple Furniture and Sacred Emblems
Cat. S – Crowns, Dress, Staves, etc.
Cat. T – Warfare, Hunting, Butchery
Cat. U – Agriculture, Crafts, and Professions
Cat. V – Rope, Fiber, Baskets, Bags
Cat. W – Vessels of Stone and Earthenware
Cat. X – Loaves and Cakes
Cat. Y – Writings, Games, Music
Cat. Z – Strokes, Signs derived from Hieratic, Geometrical Figures
Cat. Aa – Unclassified
For example the hieroglyph of a sitting man with both arms bent is in the category of - A. Man and his occupations - and is the first hieroglyph in this category, A1 .
The symbol of a horse is in the category for mammals - E. Mammals - and is the sixth hieroglyph in this category, E6 .
Included with each hieroglyphic word is its Transliteration equivalent.
In the exercises section there are 11 sentences for you to translate and the actual hieroglyphs found on a bracelet from Tutankhamen’s tomb that was discovered on the mummy’s right arm.
See our other entries in the Learn Hieroglyph Series here on
•Series 1 – also called uniliterals which represent a single consonant sound hence the prefix uni in uniliterals
•Series 2 – - which are the result of combining 2 alphabet signs into one new hieroglyph
•Series 3 – - which are the result of combining 3 alphabet signs into one new hieroglyph
•Series 4 – - added to vocabulary words to determine exactly what that word meant
•Series 5 – The Sign List
Additional eBooks now available on
•The Includes Cartouches, Serekhs, descriptions and more for over 320 Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs listed chronologically by dynasty.
•The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor Study Detailed analysis of the oldest complete Ancient Egyptian tale on papyrus ever discovered. Originally written in hieratic this Study guide includes both hieratic and Hieroglyphs, dual translations and grammatical notations.
There is also available an ebook version of the Hieroglyphic Dictionary 3000. The eBook version contains both the alphabetically listed English to Hieroglyphic word translation and the categorized Hieroglyph to English word translation
The Hieroglyph to English section is arranged using the Gardiner sign list categories. According to the Gardiner sign list each hieroglyph is assigned to a Category and then a number within that Category.
Cat. A – Man and his occupations
Cat. B – Woman and her occupations
Cat. C – Anthropomorphic Deities
Cat. D – Parts of the Human Body
Cat. E – Mammals
Cat. F – Parts of Mammals
Cat. G – Birds
Cat. H – Parts of Birds
Cat. I – Amphibious Animals, Reptiles, etc.
Cat. K – Fishes and Parts of Fishes
Cat. L – Invertebrata and Lesser Animals
Cat. M – Trees and Plants
Cat. N – Sky, Earth, Water
Cat. O – Buildings, Parts of Buildings
Cat. P – Ships and Parts of Ships
Cat. Q – Domestic and Funerary Furniture
Cat. R – Temple Furniture and Sacred Emblems
Cat. S – Crowns, Dress, Staves, etc.
Cat. T – Warfare, Hunting, Butchery
Cat. U – Agriculture, Crafts, and Professions
Cat. V – Rope, Fiber, Baskets, Bags
Cat. W – Vessels of Stone and Earthenware
Cat. X – Loaves and Cakes
Cat. Y – Writings, Games, Music
Cat. Z – Strokes, Signs derived from Hieratic, Geometrical Figures
Cat. Aa – Unclassified
For example the hieroglyph of a sitting man with both arms bent is in the category of - A. Man and his occupations - and is the first hieroglyph in this category, A1 .
The symbol of a horse is in the category for mammals - E. Mammals - and is the sixth hieroglyph in this category, E6 .
Included with each hieroglyphic word is its Transliteration equivalent.
In the exercises section there are 11 sentences for you to translate and the actual hieroglyphs found on a bracelet from Tutankhamen’s tomb that was discovered on the mummy’s right arm.
See our other entries in the Learn Hieroglyph Series here on
•Series 1 – also called uniliterals which represent a single consonant sound hence the prefix uni in uniliterals
•Series 2 – - which are the result of combining 2 alphabet signs into one new hieroglyph
•Series 3 – - which are the result of combining 3 alphabet signs into one new hieroglyph
•Series 4 – - added to vocabulary words to determine exactly what that word meant
•Series 5 – The Sign List
Additional eBooks now available on
•The Includes Cartouches, Serekhs, descriptions and more for over 320 Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs listed chronologically by dynasty.
•The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor Study Detailed analysis of the oldest complete Ancient Egyptian tale on papyrus ever discovered. Originally written in hieratic this Study guide includes both hieratic and Hieroglyphs, dual translations and grammatical notations.
281 pages, Paperback
Published February 10, 2020
11 people are currently reading
1 person want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 of 1 review
September 29, 2022
Love the nearly centennial adherence to Gardiner in the ology: Nothing being new under the sun, I can add little to the distinctiveness of the commentary, but I have to say that taking it into the field with me had never occurred to me, but it seems plausible. I've not recently gone anywhere that may challenge connectivity. It is a pretty good little collection of symbols for those wise to the craft, or at least those of us who aren't complete newbs. It's fairly practical, too, including many of the symbols one is likely to encounter. Well worth the money even for a nedjes like me.
Displaying 1 of 1 review