The Polychrome Hieroglyph Research Project

Université Libre de Bruxelles - Faculté de Philosophie et Sciences sociales

This page displays a list of all occurrences from a selected Monument. Occurrences with no image can still have a full description. Exemplars are indicated by a solid border. Click on the exemplar image to access the details.

Mehu - Saqqara - Dynasty VI

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D1 head in profile
face red, hair and beard black
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D2 face
face yellow, details red, hair and beard black
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D2 face
yellow (painted)
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D21 mouth
red
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D28 arms extended so as to embrace?
red
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D36 forearm
red
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D54 legs walking
red
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D58 foot
red
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E10 ram
black
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E17 jackal
black
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E34 desert hare
yellow
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F4 forepart of lion
yellow
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F4 forepart of lion
foreparts yellow, mane blue
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F20 tongue of ox (?)
red
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F24 foreleg of ox (reversed)
red
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F24 foreleg of ox (reversed)
lower part black, upper part red
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F28 cow's skin (alternative form of F27)
black
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F32 animal's belly showing teats and tail
blue
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F34 heart
red
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F35 heart and windpipe
yellow (painted)
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G17 owl
yellow feathers, white breast with black spots, red head
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G17 owl
yellow (painted)
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G17 owl
yellow feathers, white breast, black eyebrows, red eyes
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G23 lapwing
head and beak black, wings green
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G43 quail chick
feathers yellow with black markings, legs red
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I9 horned viper
yellow
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M17 flowering reed
yellow (painted)
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M23 plant regarded as typical of Upper Egypt (M26?)
green
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M26 sedge(?) growing from a sign for land (N17?)
plant green, flowers alternate red and black, earth black
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M36 bundle of flax stems showing the bolls
bundle of flax yellow, red markings
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M41 log of wood stripped of its branches (XVIII dyn.)
yellow with red cross stripes
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N14 star
yellow
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N35 ripple of water
black
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O1 house
blue
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O1 house
black (painted)
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O6 rectangular enclosure seen in plan
black
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O16 gateway(?) surmounted by protecting serpents
groundplan black, uraeus yellow, points (? Schleifen) blue
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O22 open booth supported by a pole
yellow
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O28 column with tenon on top
pillar red, base black
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O34 bolt
red
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Q1 seat
blue
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Q3 stool of reed matting
yellow (painted)
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Q3 stool of reed matting
green
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R4 loaf X2 on a reed mat
yellow
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R8 cloth wound on a pole, emblem of divinity
upper part with red stripes, lower part with black zigzags (incomplete description)
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S19 cylinder seal attached to bead necklace
seal black, beads red, green, blue, yellow
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S20 cylinder seal attached to bead necklace (seen from front)
string red, knob below black, seal without colour
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S29 folded cloth
red
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S34 tie or strap, sandal strap, symbol of life
black
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S38 crook
yellow
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S43 walking-stick
yellow
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T3 mace with pear-shaped head (vertical)
yellow
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T21 one-barbed harpoon
red
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T32 combination of knife sharpener T31 and walking legs D54
legs red, knife blue, handle yellow
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U6 hoe
wooden part red, binding black
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U21 adze at work on a block of wood
wooden handle black with yellow markings, blade blue
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U23 chisel (?)
handle green, blade black
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U31 instrument employed in baking (?)
blue
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V4 lasso
yellow
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V10 cartouche in secondary oval form
cartouche blue, fill yellow
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V13 rope for tethering animals
green
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V13 rope for tethering animals
yellow (painted)
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V23 whip (O.K. form of V22)
yellow with red markings
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V28 wick of twisted flax
green
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V31 wickerwork basket with handle
green
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V35 bag of linen (O.K. form)
red
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W12 ring-stand for jars (straight bottom O.K.)
red
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X1 bread
blue
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X1 bread
yellow (painted)
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Y2 papyrus roll (O.K. form of Y1)
roll yellow with red wrapping, lacing red, seal blue
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Y2 papyrus roll (O.K. form of Y1)
red (painted)
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Y3 scribe's outfit, consisting of palette, bag for pigments and reed-holder
palette green, inks black and red,, string red, pot black, reed holder black with top and bottom red
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Y3 scribe's outfit, consisting of palette, bag for pigments and reed-holder
palette black, rest red (painted)
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Z1 stroke (a wooden dowel?)
black
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Z2 three strokes (also written 1 over 2 and vertically)
black
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Z11 two planks crossed and joined
yellow
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Aa1 kind of sieve? Or maybe a placenta?
yellow (painted)
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Aa5 part of the steering gear of ships ?
green
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Aa15 XVIII dyn. form of Aa13
red