Reading Egyptian art - Richard H. Wilkinson

A multi-purpose reference work, providing the key to the hidden meanings in Egyptian art: an encyclopaedia of the major signs and symbols, a visual compendium of artistic motifs, a sourcebook of Egyptian religious beliefs and ideas.

The hieroglyphs are thematically organized and include:

seated man
seated god
woman nursing child
wedjat eye
ear
breast
bull
cow
cat
lion
foreleg of ox
heart
falcon
vulture
ibis
wing
feather
crocodile
frog
scarab beetle
bee
tree
palm branch
lotus
sky
sun
star
djed column
fetish of Abydos
gold
ankh
fan
bow
knife
cartouche
Isis knot
board game
sistrum

A full reference section is also provided, with a complete list of the hieroglyphs, a glossary and a guide to further reading.