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Topical Document List: Egyptian Hieroglyphic Characters

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This page provides a chronologically ordered list of documents related to the encoding of Egyptian Hieroglyphic characters. Included are all UTC documents (with links), all WG2 documents (with links when available), plus other pertinent documents related to the encoding of characters for Egyptian Hieroglyphs.

L2 Doc № WG2 Doc № Other Doc № Title Source Date
  N735   The Hieroglyphic Writing System [includes excerpts from Gardiner's Egyptian Grammar, attachment to Egypt's position on 10646] Alaa Ghoneim 1991-08-21
L2/97-266 N1636   Encoding Egyptian Hieroglyphs in ISO/IEC 10646-2 [superseded by L2/99-008] Michael Everson 1997-08-25
L2/97-267 N1637   Proposal to encode Basic Egyptian Hieroglyphs in Plane 1 [superseded by L2/99-008] Michael Everson 1997-09-18
L2/99-008 N1944   Encoding Egyptian Hieroglyphs in Plane 1 of the UCS [superseded by L2/05-311] Michael Everson 1999-01-09
L2/99-223 N2096,
N2025-1
  Comments on the question of encoding Egyptian hieroglyphs in the UCS [German original translated by Marc Wilhelm Küster] Prof. Dr. Schenkel 1999
  N2132   Response to comments on the question of encoding Egyptian hieroglyphs in the UCS (N2096) Michael Everson 1999-10-04
L2/02-281     [Three letters of support for encoding Egyptian hieroglyphs] Daniel C. Snell; Susan Tower Hollis; Janet H. Johnson 2002-07
L2/02-288     Status report on proposal encode Egyptian Hieroglyphs [sic] Michael Everson 2002-08-13
L2/02-290     [Two letters of support for encoding Egyptian hieroglyphs] Erik Hornung; Lyn Green 2002-08
L2/02-295     [Letter of support for encoding Egyptian hieroglyphs] Federico Rocchi 2002-08-13
L2/02-307     [Letter of support for encoding Egyptian hieroglyphs] John Baines 2002-08-20
L2/05-311     Revised proposal to encode Egyptian hieroglyphs in Plane 1 of the UCS [superseded by L2/06-354] Richard Cook, Michael Everson, Rick McGowan, Robert Richmond 2005-10-24
L2/05-312     Sample of Hieroglyphic mapping data file Richard Cook 2005-10-24
L2/05-313     Sources for the Gardiner set of Egyptian Hieroglyphs [59 pp. of Gardiner (1928, 1931, 1953) sources, scanned 2001-07-28] [superseded by L2/06-355] Michael Everson 2005-10-24
L2/06-354 N3181   Towards a proposal to encode Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the UCS [superseded by L2/07-097] Michael Everson, Bob Richmond 2006-10-29
L2/06-355 N3182   Sources for the encoding of Egyptian Hieroglyphs [157 pp. of Gardiner (various dates) sources, scanned 2001-07-28 and 2006-07-16] Michael Everson 2006-10-29
L2/06-356 N3183   Report on progress made at the Oxford meeting of Egyptologists Michael Everson, Bob Richmond 2006-10-29
L2/07-097 N3237   Proposal to encode Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the SMP of the UCS Michael Everson, Bob Richmond 2007-04-10
  N3270   PDAM5: Meitei Mayek, Bamum, Tai Viet, Avestan, Egyptian Hieroglyphs, CJK ... Extension C, text only Michel Suignard 2007-10-22
L2/07-292 N3308   Towards a default deterministic ordering for Egyptian Hieroglyphs Michael Everson 2007-08-31
L2/07-306 N3310   Letter in Support of N3237 Egyptian Hieroglyphs Proposal Ola El Aguizy 2007-09-04
  N3331 SC2 N3959 Summary of Voting on ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 N 3940 : ISO/IEC 10646: 2003/PDAM 5 SC2 Secretariat 2007-09-12
  N3369   FPDAM5: Tai Tham, Tai Viet, Avestan, Egyptian Hieroglyphs, ... Michel Suignard 2007-11-19
  N3409 SC2 N4004 Summary of Voting on ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 N 3982 : ISO/IEC 10646: 2003/FPDAM 5 SC2 Secretariat 2008-03-25
For 7 long years, Egyptian hieroglyphs lay sleeping quietly in their tombs, but then...
L2/15-069   Egyptian Hieroglyphs in Unicode plain text: A note on a suggested approach Bob Richmond 2015-02-03
L2/15-123   Proposal to encode three control characters for Egyptian Hieroglyphs [superseded by L2/16-018] Bob Richmond 2015-05-04
L2/15-208   Hieroglyphs as emoji? Mark Davis, Emoji SC 2015-07-25
L2/15-209   Egyptian hieroglyphs spreadsheet (PDF snapshot) Mark Davis, Emoji SC 2015-07-27
L2/15-240   Preliminary draft of the Ptolemaic repertoire (A: Man and his occupations) Michel Suignard 2015-10-09
L2/15-305   Comments on L2/15-240 Preliminary Draft of the Ptolemaic Repertoire Bob Richmond 2015-11-02
L2/16-018R   Proposal to encode three control characters for Egyptian Hieroglyphs Bob Richmond 2016-01-26
L2/16-028   Preliminary draft of the extended Egyptian Hieroglyphs repertoire [superseded by L2/16-079] Michel Suignard 2016-01-21
L2/16-079   Preliminary draft for the encoding of an extended Egyptian Hieroglyphs repertoire Michel Suignard 2016-04-11
L2/16-090   Comments on three control characters for Egyptian Hieroglyphs Mark-Jan Nederhof, Vinodh Rajan 2016-04-18
L2/16-104   Observations about L2/16-090 Bob Richmond 2016-05-03
L2/16-177   A comprehensive system of control characters for Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic text (preliminary version) [superseded by L2/16-210R] Mark-Jan Nederhof, Vinodh Rajan, et al. 2016-06-30
L2/16-199   A suggestion that builds upon the content of L2/16-177 William Overington 2016-07-05
L2/16-210R   A system of control characters for Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic text (updated version) Mark-Jan Nederhof, Vinodh Rajan, et al. 2017-01-25
L2/16-212   A comment about the encoding of control characters for Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic text William Overington 2016-07-26
Documents associated with the Cambridge meeting of Egyptologists, 11-12 July 2016
L2/16-214   An Extension to the three control characters for Egyptian Hieroglyphs and some additional remarks Bob Richmond 2016-08-01
L2/16-218   Brief Report from Cambridge meeting of Egyptologists and Update Debbie Anderson 2016-07-25
L2/16-227   The Universal Hieroglyphic Writing System: Consensus and possible compromise Bob Richmond 2016-08-03
L2/16-231   Proposal for Ancient Egyptian encoding in Unicode Serge Rosmorduc, et al. 2016-08-04
L2/16-232   Preliminary analysis of Egyptian Hieroglyph quadrat types Andrew Glass 2016-08-04
L2/16-233   Addendum to: A system of control characters for Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic text (L2/16-210) Mark-Jan Nederhof, Vinodh Rajan, et al. 2017-08-04
 
L2/16-250 N4741   Preliminary proposal to encode Möller’s Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the SMP of the UCS Michael Everson 2016-09-09
L2/16-251 N4742   Preliminary Mapping table of Möller’s Egyptian Hieroglyphs [includes PDF copy of the Excel spreadsheet] Deborah Anderson, SEI 2016-09-21
L2/16-257 N4751   Source analysis of an extended Egyptian Hieroglyphs repertoire (Hieroglyphica based) Michel Suignard 2016-09-19
L2/16-307   Towards an Expansion of the Unicode Hieroglyph repertoire Bob Richmond 2016-10-28
L2/17-073 N4788   New draft for the encoding of an extended Egyptian Hieroglyphs repertoire (Hieroglyphica based) [spreadsheet PDF snapshot] [superseded by L2/17-415] Michel Suignard 2017-03-19
L2/17-112R N4818   A method for encoding Egyptian quadrats in Unicode Andrew Glass, et al. 2017-05-12
L2/17-415 N4924   Revised draft for the encoding of an extended Egyptian Hieroglyphs repertoire (Hieroglyphica based) [spreadsheet PDF snapshot] [superseded by L2/18-165] Michel Suignard 2017-11-27
L2/18-036 N4926   Glyphs for Egyptian Hieroglyphic control characters Michael Everson, Andrew Glass 2018-01-18
L2/18-165 N4944   Revised draft for the encoding of an extended Egyptian Hieroglyphs repertoire (Hieroglyphica based) [superseded by L2/19-052] Michel Suignard 2018-04-17
L2/18-236   A note on the syntax of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic control characters Mark-Jan Nederhof 2018-06-13
L2/18-237   Brief Report from London meeting of Egyptologists, June 2018 Debbie Anderson, SEI 2018-06-16
  N5001   Comments on names for Egyptian Hieroglyph control characters in PDAM 2.3 Andrew Glass 2018-06-19
L2/19-052 N5019R   Revised draft for the encoding of an extended Egyptian Hieroglyphs repertoire - First Tranche: Human, God and Goddess [superseded by L2/19-220] Michel Suignard 2019-01-10
2019-02-09
L2/19-220 N5063   Revised draft for the encoding of an extended Egyptian Hieroglyphs repertoire / First Tranche: Human, God and Goddess / Second Tranche: Human parts, Mammals, Mammal parts [superseded by L2/20-068R] Michel Suignard 2019-05-21
Documents associated with the Tournan en Brie meeting of Egyptologists, 12-13 September 2019
L2/19-314 N5115   Agenda for meeting on Egyptian Hieroglyphs Debbie Anderson 2019-09-12
L2/19-315 N5116   Meeting report on Egyptian Hieroglyphs Michel Suignard 2019-09-13
L2/19-342   Summary of Meeting Report on Egyptian Hieroglyphs by Michel Suignard (L2/19-315) and Additional Comments Debbie Anderson, SEI 2019-10-04
 
L2/19-331   A note on OpenType implementation of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic text Mark-Jan Nederhof 2019-09-18
L2/19-366R   Ad Hoc report on Egyptian Hieroglyphs (Oct. 7 2019) Debbie Anderson, SEI 2019-10-08
L2/20-068R N5128R   Revised draft for the encoding of an extended Egyptian Hieroglyphs repertoire, all Groups (A to Z and AA) [spreadsheet PDF snapshot] [superseded by L2/21-108] Michel Suignard 2020-03-12
L2/20-123   Zoom Meeting on Egyptian Hieroglyphs (April 8, 2020) Debbie Anderson, SEI 2020-04-10
L2/20-176   Cluster model for Egyptian Hieroglyphic Quadrats Andrew Glass 2020-07-20
L2/21-005   Proposal to add one column to the Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls block Andrew Glass 2020-12
L2/21-028   Glyph changes to Egyptian Hieroglyphs for Unicode 14.0 with proposed annotations Debbie Anderson, SEI, Michel Suignard 2021-01-07
L2/21-035   Summary from Zoom calls on Egyptian Hieroglyphs Debbie Anderson, SEI, Andrew Glass 2020-12-17
L2/21-096   Egyptian Hieroglyphs: Summary of Script Ad Hoc Discussion, April 2021 Debbie Anderson, SEI 2020-04-20
L2/21-108 N5163   Consideration for the encoding of an extended Egyptian Hieroglyphs repertoire [code charts and spreadsheet PDF snapshot attached to document] [superseded by L2/23-109] Michel Suignard 2021-06-14
L2/21-190   Thoughts on the Unicode sign list of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs Jorke Grotenhuis, Mark-Jan Nederhof, Stéphane Polis, Serge Rosmorduc 2021-09-06
L2/21-208   Additional control characters for Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts [superseded by L2/21-248] Andrew Glass, et al. 2021-08-11
L2/21-248   Additional control characters for Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts Andrew Glass, et al. 2021-12-22
L2/22-012R   Rotations of Egyptian Hieroglyphs to be Registered in Unicode Daniel A. Werning 2022-04-22
L2/22-265   Considerations concerning Egyptian Hieroglyphs extension Michel Suignard 2022-10-24
L2/23-109 N5215   Draft encoding proposal for an extended Egyptian Hieroglyphs repertoire [spreadsheet PDF snapshot] [superseded by L2/23-181] Michel Suignard 2023-04-18
L2/23-181 N5240   Encoding proposal for an extended Egyptian Hieroglyphs repertoire [spreadsheet PDF snapshot] Michel Suignard 2023-12-29
L2/23-185 N5239   Encoding proposal for two arrow symbols used in Egyptology Michel Suignard 2023-07-27
L2/23-253   Working draft of Proposed Draft Unicode Standard Annex #57: Egyptian Hieroglyph Database Michel Suignard 2023-10-24
L2/24-035   Proposed Draft Unicode Standard Annex #57: Unicode Egyptian Hieroglyph Database (Unikemet) Michel Suignard 2024-01-10