Template:Hiero

{{{2}}}
{{{name}}}
in hieroglyphs
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{{Hiero}} there are a number of subpages in this template space that are used for writing Egyptian hieroglyphs in Wikipedia articles. The codes for the <hiero> tags may be found at Help:WikiHiero syntax.

See Wikipedia:WikiProject Ancient Egypt/Templates for further details.

Parameters

1
name of hieroglyph
2
text for hieroglyph
style
Specify a custom style for the box
era
Various minor templates are used to select colour themes for periods of Egyptian history. They are called by the | era = parameter.
Period | era = Background colour Border colour
Default empty or default silver blue
Protodynastic Period of Egypt pd plum red
Early Dynastic Period of Egypt ed skyblue steelblue
Old Kingdom of Egypt ok sandybrown indianred
First Intermediate Period of Egypt 1ip crimson gold
Middle Kingdom of Egypt mk gold black
Second Intermediate Period of Egypt 2ip red palegoldenrod
New Kingdom of Egypt nk palegoldenrod crimson
Third Intermediate Period of Egypt 3ip lightcoral red
Late Period of Egypt lp palegreen red
Ptolemaic dynasty pt aquamarine black
Egypt extra egypt navajowhite peru

Template family

The most useful templates are:

Template Bare-bones preview Use
Template:Hiero
{{{2}}}
{{{name}}}
in hieroglyphs
A general-purpose template for displaying hieroglyphs.
Template:Hiero/2cartouche
Hiero Ca1.svg
{{{praenomen}}}
Hiero Ca2.svg
praenomen or throne name
Hiero Ca1.svg
{{{nomen}}}
Hiero Ca2.svg
nomen or birth name
{{{name}}}
in hieroglyphs
A template for royal names requiring two cartouches: for praenomen and nomen.
Template:Hiero/1cartouche
Hiero Ca1.svg
{{{nomen}}}
Hiero Ca2.svg
nomen or birth name
{{{name}}}
in hieroglyphs
A template for a cartouche name, where only one is known.
Template:Hiero/serekh
{{{horus}}}
Srxtail2.svg
{{{name}}}
in hieroglyphs
A template for a Horus-name displayed in a serekh.
Template:Hiero/3name
{{{horus}}}
Srxtail2.svg
serekh or Horus name
Hiero Ca1.svg
{{{praenomen}}}
Hiero Ca2.svg
praenomen or throne name
Hiero Ca1.svg
{{{nomen}}}
Hiero Ca2.svg
nomen or birth name
{{{name}}}
in hieroglyphs
A template for a Horus name, praenomen and nomen.
Template:Hiero/5Fold
G5
{{{horus}}}
Srxtail2.svg
serekh or Horus name
G16
{{{nebty}}}
Nebty name
G8
{{{goldenhorus}}}
Golden Horus name
M23L2
Hiero Ca1.svg
{{{praenomen}}}
Hiero Ca2.svg
praenomen or throne name
G39N5
Hiero Ca1.svg
{{{nomen}}}
Hiero Ca2.svg
nomen or birth name
{{{name}}}
in hieroglyphs
A template for the Fivefold Titulary.