Dictionary of Middle Egyptian in Gardiner Classification Order
Paul Dickson, December 1, 2006

Source credit from the supplied work:
Original definitions, transliterations, and glyph sequences by Mark Vygus,
obtained by Paul Dickson via Luca Brigatti's site. The source says that the
word lists derive from Faulkner's dictionary and other sources.
Paul Dickson converted sign positioning into Manuel de Codage, organized the
entries by Gardiner classification, and prepared the dictionary. The original
used Serge Rosmorduc's JSesh 2.3 and OpenOffice.org 2.0.

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Adaptation changes:
- Extracted 11,794 entries as structured, searchable text.
- Normalized whitespace and recognized sign-code capitalization.
- Retained meanings, uncertainty marks, duplicate entries and alternate spellings.
- Preserved source page references, including entries split across pages.
- Reconstructed MdC as a simple linear sequence from printed Gardiner codes.
  Original spatial arrangement/stacking is not preserved.
- Flagged sign codes unavailable in the bundled JSesh glyph collection.
No missing sign has been replaced by a guessed sign. No source meaning or
reading has been silently modernized. The original author describes this
edition as unfinished and notes missing glyphs and layout problems.

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See /about.html for separate software, glyph, and font credits and licenses.

Scribe reading display additions (November 2026):
- Traditional Unicode transliteration displayed alongside original MdC readings.
- Curated conventional pronunciation aliases for Ankh and Amun.
- A separately labelled Tutankhamun learning example, composed from entries
  10822, 8638 and 4713, with a reference to the Egypt Exploration Society.
  This illustrative reading-order spelling is not a historical cartouche copy.
- Original JSON transcription and printed readings remain unchanged.

Expanded conventional readings (November 2026):
- 32 reviewed word/name groups, covering 129 original dictionary spellings
  plus the separately labelled Tutankhamun example.
- Names are bound to specific entry IDs and checked against their original
  readings; unrelated homonyms are excluded.
- Familiar English/Greek deity names and selected conventional reading forms
  are search aliases, not reconstructed ancient pronunciation.
- Variant spellings and references are in /conventional-readings.js.
- Original dictionary definitions, transliterations, signs, and pages are unchanged.