egyptian theory

DHARMA Classroom

The hieroglyphs on the DHARMA classroom chalkboard

A lesson on Ancient Egypt and hieroglyphs was taught in the DHARMA classroom. ("Some Like It Hoth") Below is a summary of the contents of the blackboard, which includes both hieroglyphs and descriptions of the Egyptian language. The first line of hieroglyphs is a phrase that means "Egyptian (language)". The second line translates as "Writing of the words of God". The third line means "Egypt".

Egyptian	Old Egyptian	Egyptian language
	2600BC to 2000BC Tripling ideograms, phonograms, and determinatives	?
"Writing of the words of God"	Middle Egyptian	Phonetics
	2000BC to 1300 BC classic stage of language	Meaning conveyed ? form ???
Archaic Egyptian before 2600BC	Late Egyptian	?
	1300BC to 700 BC From synthetic to ? language	?

Individual hieroglyphs

The following table summarizes the phonetics and meanings associated with the hieroglyphs seen so far, as well as some related hieroglyphs. Note that many of the symbols seen under The Temple Wall were alchemic, not hieroglyphic.

Hieroglyphs	Symbol	Gardiner Code	Phonetics	Stand-alone Meanings
	Man pointing hand at mouth	A2	none	"Eat" or "drink" or "speak" or "think" or "feel" or "tell" or "refrain from speech" or "advise/counsel" or "love" [26]
	Bound man	A13	none	"Enemy" or "rebel" or "foreigner" [27]
	Wounded man	A14	none	"To die" or "dead enemy" [28]
	Man with stick	A24	none	"Hit" or "beat" or "strength" or "strong" or "force" or "teach" or "instruct" [29]
	Man with out-stretched arm	A26	none	"Servant" or "to call" [30]
	Face	D2	Hr	"Face" or "on" or "around" or "over" or "for" [31]
	Mouth	D21	r	“Mouth” or "spell" [32] or "against" [33] or "to" or "at" or "concerning" or "more than" or "from" or "so that" or "until" or "according to" or can indicate that something is a future event [34]
	Arm	D36	a	“Arm” [35]
	Hand	D46	d or dw	"Hand” or "give" or "place (verb)" or "put" or "implant (obstacle)" or "strike (blow)" or "cause" [36]
	Legs walking	D54	none	"Walk" or "stop" or "enterprise" or "come near" or "not move" [37]
	Legs walking backward	D55	iw	"Back" or "to return" [38]
	Vulture	G1	A	"Vulture" or “eagle" or "bird" or "but" [39]
	Owl	G17	m	"With" or "by means of" or "from" or "out of" or "as" or "namely" or "when" or "as though" or "together with" or "in the position of" or "do not" or "owl" or "in" [40]
	Quail Chick	G43	w	"Property" or "not" [41]
	Crocodile skin	I6	km	"Shield" [42]
	Pool with flowering plants	M8	SA	“Season" [43]
	Blooming reed	M17	i	"Sedge" or "reed" [44] or "I/me/my" [45]
	Sun	N5	ra	“Sun” or "rise” or “day” or “hour” or “time” [46]
	Earth	N16	tA	"Earth" or "ground" [47] or "country" or "eternity" [48]
	Road with shrubs	N31	none	“Ascend” or “travel” or “army” or “here” [49]
	Water ripple	N35	n	"To (someone)" or "for (someone)" or "in (sun, dew, time)" or "because" or "belongs to" or "of, belonging to" or "we/us/our" [50]
	Inverted moon	N105	?	? [51]
	House	O1	pr	“House” or "sanctuary" or "building" or "place" or "location" or "horizon" [52]
	Yard	O4	h	“House” [53]
	Street	O5	nm or mr	"Street" [54]
	Door Bolt	O34	s	"She/Her/It/Its" [55] or “Demolish” [56]
	City	O49	none	"City" or "village" or "Thebes" or "inhabited region" or "Egypt" [57]
	Boat on water	P1	none	“Ship” or "sail" or “boat” or “go downstream” [58]
	Mast	P6	aHa	“Stand” or "portion" or "stela" or "tree trunk" or "unfavourable (of calendar dates)" [59] or "building" or "temple" or "enclosure" or "foundation" [60]
	Cloth wound on a pole	R8	nTr	"God" or "divine, sacred" [61]
	Folded cloth	S29	s	"Health" or "she/her/hers" [62] or "it" or "who?" or "what? [63]
	Ankh	S34	anx	"Life" or "sandal strap" [64] or "swear" [65]
	Walking stick	S43	md(w)	"Staff" or "rod" [66]
	Knife	T30	none	"Knife" or "to cut" or "to" or "cut off" pr "to sharpen" or "sharp" [67]
	Knife	T34	nm	"Knife" [68]
	Fire drill	U28	DA	“Safely” or “healthy” [69]
	Fire drill	U29	DA	“Safely” or "healthy" [70]
	Pennants of the scales	U40a	Ts or wTs	"Hold up" or "carry" or "wear" or "pick up" [71]
	Cattle tie	V13	T	“You/Your” or "rope with 2 holes" [72]
	Amulet	V18	sA	“Protection” [73]
	Basket	V31	k	"You/Your" or "basket" [74] or “you said to the man” [75]
	Pot	W24	nw, jn	Nekhbet [76]
	Bread	X1	t	"You/Your" [77] or "bread" or abbreviation for "father" [78]
	Papyrus scroll	Y1	none	“Book” or "write" or “abstract idea” or "to be large" or "to be new" [79]
	Scribe's supplies	Y4	naa or snaa	"Scribes supplies" or "write" or "writing" [80]
	Single stroke	Z1a	none	"Singular" or "space". Can be used as a substitue for a person, to indicate that the prior word is meant as an ideogram, or to make some words feminine. [81]
	Plural stroke	Z2	none	“Plural” or “multiple” or can also be used to replace a word that is too dangerous to write [82]
	Plural stroke	Z3	none	“Plural” or “multiple” or can also be used to replace a word that is too dangerous to write [83]
	Dual stroke	Z4b	y	“Plural” or “duality” or can also be used to replace a word that is too dangerous to write [84]
	stick	Z6	none	Hieratic form of A13 or A14 [85]
	curl	Z7	w	Hieratic form of G43 [86]
	Human placenta?	Aa1	x	“Youth” or "are young" [87]
	Unknown	Aa12	mAa	“Platform" [88]
	Unknown	Aa27	nD	"Save" or "protect" [89]