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.

Sarenput II - Elephantine - Dynasty XII

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A12 soldier with bow and quiver
body red, hair black, head-feather white, bow yellow, arrows yellow with black flights

C9* goddess seated with uraeus
face and uraeus yellow, hair black, robe white
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D1 head in profile
face red, eyeball white, hair and beard black

D2 face
face yellow, eyeballs white, irises black, hair black, beard (mistaken for neck?) yellow
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D4 eye
eyeball white, iris and outline black
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D21 mouth
red, fill white
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D28 arms extended so as to embrace?
red
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D36 forearm
red
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D58 foot
red
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D60 combination of D58 with a vase from which water flows
foot and vase red, liquid blue (with red drawing underneath)

E11 ram (O.K. form of E10)
head, horns and chest black, hindparts white with black spots

E26 elephant
body grey, tusk white, eyeball white, iris black, feet black

F1 head of ox (replaces E1 in offering formula)
neck red, face white with black spots
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F4 forepart of lion
head and foreleg yellow, mane and shoulder blue
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F20 tongue of ox (?)
red
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F23 foreleg of ox
variegated red to white with black spots

F29 cow's skin pierced by an arrow
hide white with black spots and bottom edge blue, tail red, arrow yellow with red arrowhead and black flights
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F30 water-skin
red, centre empty
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F32 animal's belly showing teats and tail
belly white with red teats, tail red
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F34 heart
red
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F35 heart and windpipe
white, markings red

F39 backbone with spinal cord issuing from it
bones red, spinal cord white
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F46 intestine
white
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G4 long legged buzzard
head white, breast and wings yellow, leggings white, feet red

G14* vulture on basket
feathers white, inner detail blue, tip of tail blue, basket green
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G17 owl
face and breast white, head, wings, tail and claws yellow
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G36 swallow or martin (swallow tail)
face and breast white, top of head, wings and tail blue
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G38 white-fronted goose
yellow, wing tips white
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G39 pintail duck
head and wings blue, neck and breast white
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G43 quail chick
head and back yellow with markings black,throat and breast white, legs and feet red
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G54 trussed goose or duck
body yellow,incision red, details red
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I9 horned viper
body yellow with red spots, underparts white, eye and horns black
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L2 bee
head and body blue, wings yellow and white, rear end white with red stripe, legs red
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M3 branch
red

M4 palm branch stripped of leaves and notched
blue
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M17 flowering reed
stem blue, leaf green, inner details black

M19 heaped conical cakes between reed M17 and sign like U36
green
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M22 rush with shoots
green, buds red
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M23 plant regarded as typical of Upper Egypt (M26?)
green
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N5 sun
centre red, outer ring white
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N25 sandy hill country over edge of green cultivation
base blue, hills yellow with red dots
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N29 sandy hill slope
blue
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N35 ripple of water
black
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N35* three ripples of water
black
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O31 door
red
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O34 bolt
red
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O49 village with crossroads
blue with white cross

P8 oar (also often written horizontally)
paddle black, handle red
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Q1 seat
blue
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Q3 stool of reed matting
green with yellow bands
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Q6 coffin (form variable)
outer structure blue, inner yellow
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R4 loaf X2 on a reed mat
mat red(?), loaf blue

R13 falcon G5 on standard R14 with feather (O.K. to XII dyn.)
head white, feathers blue, leggings white, standard blue with white feather

S12 collar of beads
blue with red cord
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S19 cylinder seal attached to bead necklace
blue outline and seal, yellow fill
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S24 girdle knot
yellow with red markings, centre transparent
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S29 folded cloth
red
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S34 tie or strap, sandal strap, symbol of life
blue, white fill of loop
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T21 one-barbed harpoon
shaft outline red, sling blue, harpoon tip black
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T28 butcher's block
blue
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U1 sickle
green

U7 hoe (alternative form of U6)
red, rope yellow
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U23 chisel (?)
blue

U24 stone-worker's drill weighted at the top with stones (XVIII dyn.)
drill yellow, head blue
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U36 club used by fullers in washing
blue
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V14 rope for tethering animals V13 with a diacritical tick
green
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V28 wick of twisted flax
green
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V30 wickerwork basket
green with black cross-hatching

V32 wickerwork frail (possibly also a float used by hippopotamus hunters)
blue, bands (faded) yellow

W9 stone jug with handle
upper red (or yellow?), lower white with diagonal red line
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W14 tall water-pot
blue
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W16 water-pot W15 in a ring-stand W12
blue
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W18 water-pots in a rack (O.K. form of W17)
upper part of jars blue, lower part red and rope red
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W24 bowl
blue
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X1 bread
blue
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X2 loaf
blue
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X4 roll of bread
loaf white, markings red
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X8 conical loaf (?)
base black, sides blue, small triangle red, fill white
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Y1 papyrus rolled up, tied and sealed (also vertically from XII dyn.)
white with red outline and red details
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Z1 stroke (a wooden dowel?)
blue
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Z2 three strokes (also written 1 over 2 and vertically)
blue

Aa1 kind of sieve? Or maybe a placenta?
green with black lines

Aa2 pustule or gland ?
white
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Aa11 doubtful (sometimes vertical)
red