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All decans are tabulated below in Egyptian alphabetical order: A, i, y, a, w, b, p, f, m, n, r, h, H, x, X, s, S, q, k, g, t, T, d, D (at the bottom of the page is an expanded table containing all T, K, AR1, AR2, AR3, EAT1, and EAT3 decan numbers). More information on each decan can be found by clicking on the individual decan names in the table below. Important guides and caveats can be found below the table, and on the decan pages.

.bn pHwy xAw Hry-ib xntw sApti xnwy kAkA
"crew" pHwy sAbw xnwy sAH knmw
Axwy pHwy DAt "xnwy" siAtw knmt
iwn sAH msDr sAH xAw sbAw mHw tpy-a Axwy
ipDs nbi wr xAw 2 sbSsn tpy-a bAwy
imy-xt Axwy nhs xntw Hrw spty tpy-a xntt
imy-xt spd nsrw xntw Xrw spdt tpy-a spdt
abwt nTr wAS xntt Hrt smd tpy-a smd
art nTr DA pt xntt Xrt smd mHty tpy-a knmt
wart Hrt sAH rmn Hry (sAH) = Hry rmn (sAH) Xry art smd rsy tmAt Hrt Xrt
wart Xrt (sAH) = Xrt wart rmn Xry (sAH) = Xry rmn (sAH) Xry xpd n knmt smd srt TmAt Hrt
wSAti rmn sAH = a sAH Xry xpd srt srt TmAt Xrt
wSAty bkAty hnhn sA sSm sSpt Tms n xntt
bAwy HAt xAw sAwy knmt sSmw Ts arq
bkAti HAt sAbw sAwy srt Stwy DAt
pA sbA waty HAt DAt sAwy qd qd  
pHwy Hry Hry-ib wiA sAbw qdty  

The decans are also shown listed in the T decan list and K decan list.

Hieroglyphs on the decan pages linked above are shown with an idealized rendering (reading left to right), and the epigraphy section for each decan shows drawings of the actual writing (virtually all read right to left).

Hieroglyphs are transliterated using the standard transliteration alphabet.  In order to view all the information on this site, you will need to have a transliteration font installed.  Slight variations of transliterated spellings can occur for the same hieroglyph for two reasons: the hieroglyphs themselves occur in a variant order and this variation is maintained during transliteration, or because of slight variations of the transliteration process depending on the individual scholar.

Translations, where they exist, are taken from Neugebauer and Parker's Egyptian Astronomical Texts.

The pronunciation audio tracks provided are to be used as guides only, especially for those new to the field of Egyptology.  Just as there are variations for the transliteration, there is no standard way to pronounce hieroglyphs so variations can occur for the pronunciation.  This reflects the fact that ancient Egyptian is a dead language, and no written records have survived to indicate exactly how hieroglyphs should be pronounced.  Vowels and vowel-sounds are especially difficult to establish because they are mostly omitted when written. 

The following table is an expanded repeat of the above table, and includes all T, K, AR1, AR2, AR3, EAT1, and EAT3 decan numbers.  The order is our current best guess, but note that any system of "ordering" decans is based on many assumptions and not all authors will agree.  The position and ordering of the decans in the final fourteen rows (smd rsy onwards) is particularly difficult to ascertain.

 

T

KAR1AR2AR3EAT1EAT3Decan
35 6 6 6 6 1 10 TmAt Hrt
- - - - - - 11 tmAt Hrt Xrt
36 7 7 7 7 2 12 TmAt Xrt
1a 8 8 8  - 3a 13 wSAti
1 - -  - 8 3 14 wSAty bkAty
1b 9 9 9 - 3b 15 bkAti
2 B? D D J 4 16/93 ipDs
- - -  - 9 - 17 sbAw mHw
- 10 C C H 4a 91 sSpt
3 D? E E K 5 18/94 sbSsn
- 11 10 10 10 5a 19 tpy-a xntt
4 12 11 11 11 6 20 xntt Hrt
5 13 12 12 12 7 21 xntt Xrt
6 14 13 13 13 8 22 Tms n xntt
7 - -  -  - 9 23 qdty
- 15a -  - - 9a 24 spty
- 15 14 14 14 9b 25 sApti xnwy
8 - -  - - 10 26 "xnwy"
- 15b -  - - 10a 27 xnwy
9 16 15 15 15 11 28 Hry-ib wiA
10 - -  -  - 12 29 "crew"
- 17 16 16 16 12a 30 sSmw
- - - - - - 31 sA sSm
11 18 17 17 17 13 32 knmw
- 19 18 18 18 13a 33 tpy-a smd
- - -  - - - 34 pA sbA waty
12 - - - - 14 35 smd srt
12a 20 19 19 19 14a 36 smd
13 21 20 20 20 15 37 srt
14 22 21 21 21 16 38 sAwy srt
15 23 22 22 22 17 39 Xry xpd srt
16 24 23 23 23 18 40 tpy-a Axwy
17 E? -  -  - 20 42 imy-xt Axwy
18/H 25 24 24 24 19/H 41 Axwy
- - - -  - - 43 tpy-a bAwy
19 26 25 25 25 21 44 bAwy
- 27 26 26 26 21a 45 xntw Hrw
- - - 27 27 - 46/96 Hry-ib xntw
- 28 27 28 28 21b 47 xntw Xrw
20 29 28 29 29 22 48 qd
- 30 29 30 30 22a 49 sAwy qd
21/I 31 30 31 31 23/J 50/80 xAw
22 32 31 32 32 24 51 art
23 - -  - - 25 52 Xry art
- - - 33 33 - 53/97 iwn sAH
24 33 32 34 34 26/26a 54/55 rmn Hry (sAH) = Hry rmn (sAH)
- - - 35 35 - 56/98 msDr sAH
- - -  - - - 57 Ts arq
25/D 34 33 36 36 27/D/27a 58/59/75 rmn Xry (sAH) = Xry rmn (sAH)
- 35 34 37 37 27b 60/61 rmn sAH = a sAH
- - - - - - 62/99 wart Hrt sAH
- - 35 38 38 - 63 sAH
26 - -  -  - 28 64 abwt
27 - -  - - 29 65/66/100 wart Xrt (sAH) = Xrt wart
28/F - -  -  - 30/F 67/77 tpy-a spdt
29 36 36 39 39 31 68 spdt
G -  -  - - G 78 imy-xt spd
- A? A A A 31b 70/84 Stwy
- - - - B - 71/85 siAtw
- 1 1 1 1 31a 1 tpy-a knmt
30 2 2 2 2 32 2 knmt
31 - - - - 33 3 sAwy knmt
32 3 3 3 3 34 4 Xry xpd n knmt
33 - -  - - 35 5 HAt xAw
- 4 4 4 4 35a 6 HAt DAt
- - -  -  - - 7 DAt
34 - -  -  - 36 8 pHwy xAw
- 5 5 5 5 36a 9 pHwy DAt
A - - -  - A 72 smd rsy
B - -  -  - B 73 smd mHty
C/J - -  -  - C/K 74/81 nTr DA pt
E - -  -  - E 76 xAw 2
K - -  -  - M 83 pHwy sAbw
L - -  -  - L 82 sAbw
M - -  -  - - - HAt sAbw
- - -  -  - - 69 pHwy Hry
- - -  - C - 86 .bn
- - -  - D - 87 hnhn
- - -  - E - 88 kAkA
- - -  - F - 89 nbi wr
- - B B G - 90 nsrw
- - -  - I - 92 nhs
- - F F L - 95 nTr wAS