A transliteration font is needed to view the decan pages correctly.
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.
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.
| K | AR1 | AR2 | AR3 | EAT1 | EAT3 | Decan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |