The Nedj Nedj databases 7 Supplementaries 7.11: Gardiner number and category / 7.12: Common writings / 7.13: Source details

7.11 Gardiner number and category

For convenience, a pair of red fields provide the Gardiner code letter for a glyph appearing on its own, and the associated Gardiner category:

Fig. 7.111 ‘G Birds’ are the Gardiner details for the glyph <eagle>

The glyph insertion position for this entry provides the other data:

Fig. 7.112 Gardiner number G1, and the sound value 3 (A) for <eagle>

7.12 Common writings

The grey group on the far right of the ‘Mainly headings’ region of the Overview screen (see Fig. 6.11) is likely to be of little use to anyone not actively expanding the Hierolex database:

Fig. 7.121 Words commonly used, as a bank from which to copy and then paste

These are just some glyph names and groups than can be copied and used when completing the insertion positions of any new entry. They save endlessly typing out such long words as ‘squattermouth’, with the possibility of making typing errors in so doing. So these words do not actually do anything; they are there just for copying and pasting, and are are an elementary typing convenience only.

7.13 Source details

The source for a record is given as ‘EAWB’, ‘ColMan’. ‘Kamrin’, ‘Gardiner’, ‘Faulkner Concise’ and the like. 

Fig. 7.131 Source fields, showing source, page and line

On the surface a source reference such as ‘EAWB’ is not very helpful, but in fact each such reference is backed up with an entry in the {source details} field, as shown below:

Fig. 7.131 Example of how details are provided for sources

This field can be accessed in the ‘Narrow’ layout, by sliding the view to expose what is out of sight to begin with.