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.

Ramses I KV.16 - Valley of the Kings - Dynasty XIX


A8 man performing 'henou' rite
flesh red, kilt white with red pleat lines, hair, beard and eye black
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A40 seated god (curved beard and straight wig)
face red, eye, beard and wig blue, robe white
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C126 goddess with diadem (modius) on head
face yellow, hair blue, diadem red, robe white

D2 face
face yellow, details red, eyes, hair and beard black
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D4 eye
eyeball white, iris red, pupil and outline black

D19 nose, eye and cheek
face yellow, eye black and white, features and outline red
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D21 mouth
red, fill white
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D36 forearm
red
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D40 forearm with hand holding stick (replaces A24)
arm red, stick yellow

D54 legs walking
red, fill white
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D55 legs walking backwards
red, fill white
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D58 foot
red
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E34 desert hare
yellow, details red

F9 head of leopard
yellow, details red
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F31 three foxes' skins tied together
green

F34 heart
white with red markings
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F35 heart and windpipe
windpipe white with red outline, heart white with red markings
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G5 falcon
head blue with red eye, wings green, tail blue with tip red, breast white, legs and feet yellow, white fill between legs

G14 vulture
head and neck white, wing blue, tail blue with red tip, breast red, legs white with black stripes, feet black

G30 three jabirus
heads and wings green, breasts white with red outline, legs and chest appendages black, fill white

G39 pintail duck
head and rump red, beak, eye, wings and feet blue, back yellow with blue markings, breast white, fill between feet white
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G43 quail chick
yellow with black markings, beak and legs red, fill between legs white

H6 feather
stem yellow with red outline, feathers white with black tips
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H8 egg
yellow, outline red
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I9 horned viper
yellow, markings and horns black

I10 cobra in repose
yellow, back outlined in black, black markings on head and neck
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L1 dung beetle
black
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M3 branch
red, fill white
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M17 flowering reed
stem blue, fronds green
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M18 combination of reed M17 and walking legs D54
stem blue, fronds green, leg red with white fill behind
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M23 plant regarded as typical of Upper Egypt (M26?)
green
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N1 sky
blue
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N5 sun
inner red, outer ring white
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N5 sun
red

N10 moon with lower part obscured - alternative form of N9
upper blue, lower yellow

N14 star
yellow, outline and centre ring red

N17 land - alternative form of N16
blue

N19 two sandy tracts (N18 repeated, often smaller)
red, outline black
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N21 tongue of land
blue

N25 sandy hill country over edge of green cultivation
hills red, base blue

N28 hill over which are the rays of the rising sun
bands of (from centre) red, blue, green, blue, white, red
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N35 ripple of water
black
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O1 house
blue, fill white

O4 reed shelter in fields
blue, fill white

O8 combination of enclosure O7 and column O29
enclosure blue, doors red, fill white, column red
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O28 column with tenon on top
lower part red, upper blue
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O34 bolt
red
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O42 fence outside primitive shrine
red, fill white

O47 a prehistoric building at Hieraconpolis (Nekhen) (XVIII dyn.)
enclosure and inner strokes blue, fill green
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O49 village with crossroads
outer ring blue, inner cross green with blue outline, triangles white

O50 circular threshing-floor covered with grain
yellow floor, grain red dots, outer ring red
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O50 circular threshing-floor covered with grain
yellow
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O50 circular threshing-floor covered with grain
white floor, grain red dots, outer ring red
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P8 oar (also often written horizontally)
red

P11 mooring post
blue
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Q1 seat
blue

Q2 portable seat (sometimes reversed)
back yellow, seat white, central band red with edges yellow
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Q3 stool of reed matting
green with darker vertical stripes, lashings yellow

Q29 Funerary bier?
drawing red, fill white
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R4 loaf X2 on a reed mat
mat green with yellow lashings, loaf black
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R8 cloth wound on a pole, emblem of divinity
cloth and pole yellow with red markings, tip of flag and base of pole black

R14 abbreviation of falcon on standard R13
feather stem red, fill white, semi-circle blue, cloth red, fill white

R24 two bows tied in a package (sometimes written vertically)
inner yellow, bows red
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S3 red crown of Lower Egypt
red
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S29 folded cloth
red, fill white
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S34 tie or strap, sandal strap, symbol of life
strap blue, fill white

S43 walking-stick
red

T5 combination of mace T3 and serpent I10
serpent yellow with back and features black, mace yellow with white head
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T21 one-barbed harpoon
shaft blue, rope yellow with red outline, handle red, harpoon point red
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U4 combination of sickle U1 and plinth Aa11
sickle green, plinth blue
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U7 hoe (alternative form of U6)
red, fill white
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U8 hoe without the rope connecting the two pieces
red, fill white

U15 sledge
red, fill white
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U28 fire-drill (XVIII dyn.)
drill red, base white with outline red
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U30 potter's kiln
kiln green with black horizontal stripes, contents red
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V2 combination of rope V1 and bolt O34
red, fill white

V21 combination of hobble V20 and serpent I10
serpent yellow with back and features black, hobble red, fill white
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V28 wick of twisted flax
blue
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V30 wickerwork basket
green
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V31 wickerwork basket with handle
green, outline and handle black with fill white

W11 ring-stand for jars, also red earthenware pot (round bottom XVIII dyn.)
pot red, top black, triangle white
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W11 ring-stand for jars, also red earthenware pot (round bottom XVIII dyn.)
stand white, top black, triangle red

W19 milk-jug carried in a net
pot red with centre section yellow, horizontal bands blue, rope yellow, fill white
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W23 jar with handles
jar red, top, handles and base black
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W24 bowl
upper blue, lower red
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X1 bread
blue
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X8 conical loaf (?)
black outline and inner triangle, fill white
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Y1 papyrus rolled up, tied and sealed (also vertically from XII dyn.)
papyrus white, lashings red
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Y5 draught-board (game of senet)
red, pawns outlined in black
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Z2 three strokes (also written 1 over 2 and vertically)
black
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Z4 two diagonal strokes
black
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Z11 two planks crossed and joined
red
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Aa1 kind of sieve? Or maybe a placenta?
green
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Aa8 irrigation runnels (as in N24 ?) - see extensive notes in Gardiner
blue (or black?)
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Aa15 XVIII dyn. form of Aa13
red, fill white