Logograms

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="0fe80803.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Papyrus" ><B> </B></FONT><B> </B><B>  </B><B>Jol's Hieroglyphs</B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Papyrus" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Papyrus" ><B>    |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jols Hieroglyphs"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div>                 <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="History"><U>History</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alphabet"><U>Alphabet</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Determinatives"><U>Determinatives</U></A>   |   <B>Logograms</B></div> <div> <B>  </B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jols 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logograms.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="376" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#666633" BORDERCOLORDARK="#CCCC99" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 30 WIDTH="118"><div> <B>sign</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="108"><div> <B>translit</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>translation</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 70 WIDTH="118"><div> <B><IMG SRC="1512a320.gif" border=0 width="42" height="50" ALT="Adobe PhotoDeluxe Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="108"><div> <B><IMG SRC="153261b0.gif" border=0 width="38" height="27" ALT="Adobe PhotoDeluxe Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="124"><div> <B>star</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 64 WIDTH="118"><div> <B><IMG SRC="1501d2c0.gif" border=0 width="29" height="44" ALT="Adobe PhotoDeluxe Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="108"><div> <B><IMG SRC="1591f230.gif" border=0 width="31" height="35" ALT="Adobe PhotoDeluxe Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="124"><div> <B>heart</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 62 WIDTH="118"><div> <B><IMG SRC="14e29270.gif" border=0 width="41" height="39" ALT="Adobe PhotoDeluxe Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="14f202a0.gif" border=0 width="32" height="42" ALT="Adobe PhotoDeluxe Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="108"><div> <B><IMG SRC="15a271d0.gif" border=0 width="39" height="29" ALT="Adobe PhotoDeluxe Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="124"><div> <B>bee</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 70 WIDTH="118"><div> <B><IMG SRC="14d26320.gif" border=0 width="38" height="50" ALT="Adobe PhotoDeluxe Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="108"><div> <B><IMG SRC="15b191a0.gif" border=0 width="25" height="26" ALT="Adobe PhotoDeluxe Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="124"><div> <B>sun</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 75 WIDTH="118"><div> <B><IMG SRC="14c29370.gif" border=0 width="41" height="55" ALT="Adobe PhotoDeluxe Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="108"><div> <B><IMG SRC="15c231c0.gif" border=0 width="35" height="28" ALT="Adobe PhotoDeluxe Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="124"><div> <B>god</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Important things to notice:</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a730077011800000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Note the line under or after the logograms.  This line is a </B><A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Determinatives"><U><B>determinative</B></U></A><B> stroke.  This sign means that you translate the word to mean what the picture is (hence, it is a logogram).</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a730077011800000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Notice the sign after the bee.  This sign,  remember from the </B><A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alphabet"><U><B>alphabet</B></U></A><B>, means the letter T.  The Egyptian language, like French but unlike English, differentiates between masculine and feminine words.  The letter T comes at the end of most feminine words.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a730077011800000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Also notice that the sign for god is a picture of cloth wound on a pole (a flag).  This sign was used to mean 'god' or 'divinity.'</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id64.htm" 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