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.

Idout - Saqqara - Dynasty VI

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D1 head in profile
face red, hair, eyes and beard black
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D4 eye
black outlines, yellow fill, black eyeball, red corners
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D21 mouth
red
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D32 arms enclosing or embracing
red
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D35 arms in gesture of negation
yellow, red outline
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D36 forearm
red
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D36 forearm
yellow, red outline
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D46 hand
red
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D54 legs walking
red
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D58 foot
red
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E9 newborn bubalis or hartebeest
red
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E17 jackal
black
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E34 desert hare
yellow
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F4 forepart of lion
yellow with blue mane
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F24 foreleg of ox (reversed)
red
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F35 heart and windpipe
red
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F39 backbone with spinal cord issuing from it
red
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F40 portion of backbone with spinal cord issuing from both ends
red
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G5 falcon
body blue, beak red
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G17 owl
body white, wing, tail and tuft yellow, markings red and black
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G43 quail chick
yellow, beak and legs red
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I9 horned viper
yellow, red outline
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I10 cobra in repose
yellow, red outline
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I10 cobra in repose
blue, black outline
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M4 palm branch stripped of leaves and notched
black
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M12 leaf, stalk and rhizome of lotus
green, black outline
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M15 clump of papyrus with buds bent down
plants green, base red
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M16 clump of papyrus
plants green, base red
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M17 flowering reed
green, black outline
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M20 reeds growing side by side
green, black outline
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M23 plant regarded as typical of Upper Egypt (M26?)
green, black outline
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M30 a sweet-tasting root?
green, black outline
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N5 sun
red
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N17 land - alternative form of N16
blue, black outline
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N25 sandy hill country over edge of green cultivation
red
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N35 ripple of water
black
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N39 garden pool full of water
blue, black lines
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O1 house
black
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O6 rectangular enclosure seen in plan
blue, black lines
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O34 bolt
red
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Q3 stool of reed matting
green, black outline
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Q7 brazier with flame rising from it
red
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S29 folded cloth
red
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T3 mace with pear-shaped head (vertical)
red
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U1 sickle
green, black outline
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U20 adze (O.K. form)
red
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U21 adze at work on a block of wood
adze yellow, block black
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U36 club used by fullers in washing
blue, black outline
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V1 coil of rope
yellow
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V13 rope for tethering animals
green, black outline
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V15 combination of rope for tethering animals V13 and legs walking D54
green, black outline, legs red
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V23 whip (O.K. form of V22)
red
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V28 wick of twisted flax
green, black outline
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V29 swab made from a hank of fibre
green, black outline
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V30 wickerwork basket
green, black outline
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V31 wickerwork basket with handle
green, black outline, handle black
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V33 bag of linen
red
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W4 combination of basin W3 and booth O22
red
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W10 cup (probably also a basket - see A9)
yellow, red outline
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W12 ring-stand for jars (straight bottom O.K.)
red
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W14 tall water-pot
red
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W25 combination of bowl W24 and walking legs D54
red
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X1 bread
blue, black outline
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X3 loaf (alternative form of loaf X2)
yellow, red outline
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Aa1 kind of sieve? Or maybe a placenta?
green, black lines
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Aa11 doubtful (sometimes vertical)
blue, black outline