T (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Bread bun hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. X1 for the side view of a bread bun. It is also the simple shape of a semicircle. The hieroglyph is listed under the Gardiner category of loaves and cakes.
The bread bun hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter t. A later alternative t, is a pestle, with curved top, Gardiner U33. U33
"Bread bun/semi-circle" as feminine determiner">Determinative">determiner
Besides alphabetic-t, the bread bun is used for words that are feminine, as an end qualifying determinative, often shown before other qualifying ideograms or determinants in the hieroglyphic word block-. It is one of the most frequently used signs in hieroglyphic writing.Palermo Stone
The t hieroglyph is used extensively throughout the Palermo Stone of the 24th to 23rd century BC, and it is used in the first row, for the naming of King Tiu of Lower Egypt.Palermo Stone, King Series, Row I (predynastic)
The following is the list of predynastic pharaohs represented on the Palermo Piece of the 7-piece Palermo Stone: The sequence is in the proper order with the beginning Pharaoh on the right: :----
- Owl...Papyrus...Ripple......Tether...Bread&Feather.Bivalve...Cloth
- Belly.....Fish......Plow........Lake.............Quail.........Newborn...Ka
The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters
The following two tables show the Egyptian uniliteral signs.| a | y | ' | B | |
| P | M | N | R | H1 |
| H2 | Kh2 | S | (Sh)=Š | Q/K2 |
| K | T | Ch—Tj | D | Dj |
| L/(R) ' | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| a | i | y ii | ' ah, | w, | B |
| P | F | M | N | R | H1 |
| H2 | 1 | 2 | S | Sh | K emphatic |
| K | G | T | Tj Ch Tsh | D | Dj |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
M M2-Plinth | N | S S (folded) cloth) | M M3-Baker's tool | ||
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
is— y2-Two strokes | is— letter w''', u | T T2-Pestle |