The Polychrome Hieroglyph Research Project

Université Libre de Bruxelles - Faculté de Philosophie et Sciences sociales

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Huy TT.54 - Sheikh Abd el-Gurna - Dynasty XVIII

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D2 face
face and ears yellow with red outline, hair (and beard?) black
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D21 mouth
red
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D46 hand
red
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D54 legs walking
red
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F34 heart
red
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F40 portion of backbone with spinal cord issuing from both ends
bones red, spinal cord white with red outline
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G1 Egyptian vulture
wing blue, breast and tail white, head yellow, legs red
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G43 quail chick
yellow with red markings, white breast, legs red
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I9 horned viper
yellow with red spots and red outline
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N1 sky
blue
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N5 sun
centre red, outer ring white with red outline
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N7 combination of sun N5 and T28
sun red with white outer ring, block white with blue outline and red centre panel
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N35 ripple of water
black(?)
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N36 channel filled with water
blue
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O1 house
blue
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O4 reed shelter in fields
blue
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O34 bolt
red
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P1 boat on water
yellow, red outline, water blue
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Q1 seat
blue
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R4 loaf X2 on a reed mat
mat green with yellow lashings, loaf blue?

S24 girdle knot
girdle (open-ended) yellow, red outline
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S29 folded cloth
red
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T5 combination of mace T3 and serpent I10
mace white with red outline, serpent yellow
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T22 two-barbed arrow-head
red
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T30 knife
yellow with red outline
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U28 fire-drill (XVIII dyn.)
drill red, base yellow(?)
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V26 netting needle filled with twine
needle (ends visible) yellow, twine white with red lines
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V30 wickerwork basket
green
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V31 wickerwork basket with handle
green
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X1 bread
blue
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Y1 papyrus rolled up, tied and sealed (also vertically from XII dyn.)
papyrus white, lashings yellow with red lines, knot red

Z7 abbreviated form of quail-chick G43 (XVIII dyn. from Akhenaton)
yellow with red outline
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Z9 two sticks crossed
red
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Aa1 kind of sieve? Or maybe a placenta?
green
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Aa15 XVIII dyn. form of Aa13
red