The Polychrome Hieroglyph Research Project

Université Libre de Bruxelles - Faculté de Philosophie et Sciences sociales

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Ta-ouseret-em-per-nesou (aka Unnefer). - Bab el-Gasus - Dynasty XXI

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A4 man with arms raised
red, hair (damaged) blue
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A40 seated god (curved beard and straight wig)
face red, beard and hair blue, robe green
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D2 face
face green, ears and beard blue
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D4 eye
pupil red, outer blue
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D21 mouth
red
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D36 forearm
red
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D37 forearm with hand holding X8
arm red, bread blue
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D37 forearm with hand holding X8
arm red, bread green
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D40 forearm with hand holding stick (replaces A24)
arm red, stick blue
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D54 legs walking
red
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D58 foot
red
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F1 head of ox (replaces E1 in offering formula)
red
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F35 heart and windpipe
heart red, windpipe green
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G14 vulture
Head, back and legs blue, breast outline red
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G26 sacred ibis on the standard R12
head, beak, neck and tail blue, outline and legs red, standard blue
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G36 swallow or martin (swallow tail)
head, back and legs blue, beak red, body green
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G43 quail chick
back and legs blue, throat red, body green
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H8 egg
outline red
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H8 egg
green

I2 freshwater turtle
blue, legs green
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I9 horned viper
green
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I10 cobra in repose
head red, body green
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M2 herb
green
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M17 flowering reed
stem blue, leaf green
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M18 combination of reed M17 and walking legs D54
stem and foot blue, leaf green
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M30 a sweet-tasting root?
green, root tip red
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N5 sun
red
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N5 sun
red, outer ring blue
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N14 star
green
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N25 sandy hill country over edge of green cultivation
red
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N30A mound of earth with walls?
mound blue, summit and walls red
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N33A three grains of sand (alternative to Z2)
blue
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N35 ripple of water
blue
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N36 channel filled with water
outline blue, water green
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N37 garden pool
inner green, outline blue
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O1 house
blue
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O3 combination of house O1, oar P8 and vessels X3 and W22
house blue, oar red, vessels red?
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O4 reed shelter in fields
blue

O6 rectangular enclosure seen in plan
wall blue, inner green, door red
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O29 wooden column (also written vertically)
red
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O34 bolt
red
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O42 fence outside primitive shrine
red
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Q1 seat
inner green, outline blue
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Q2 portable seat (sometimes reversed)
three equal parts, blue, green, blue
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R3 four-legged table with loaves and libation vase
offering table red, loaves green, vase blue
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R4 loaf X2 on a reed mat
mat green, ends blue, loaf blue
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R8 cloth wound on a pole, emblem of divinity
pole blue, flag green
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R11 column indicating a bunch of stalks tied together
red outline sketch
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R14 abbreviation of falcon on standard R13
feather green, mound blue, cloth red
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S34 tie or strap, sandal strap, symbol of life
blue
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S38 crook
green
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S43 walking-stick
red
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T23 two-barbed arrow-head (XVIII dyn. Alternative form)
red
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T28 butcher's block
red outline sketch
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U4 combination of sickle U1 and plinth Aa11
sickle and plinth blue
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U29 fire-drill (O.K. form of U28)
red
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V13 rope for tethering animals
red
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V26 netting needle filled with twine
spindle ends blue, twine green
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V28 wick of twisted flax
green
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V30 wickerwork basket
basket green, outline blue
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V31 wickerwork basket with handle
basket green, outline and handle blue
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W10 cup (probably also a basket - see A9)
red
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W15 water-pot W14 with water pouring from it
pot lower red, upper blue, water blue
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W17A hieratic version of W17
lower pots red, upper blue, cord blue

W188 pot with poured water
pot blue, liquid red
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X1 bread
blue
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Y1 papyrus rolled up, tied and sealed (also vertically from XII dyn.)
papyrus green, ends and seal blue
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Y4 scribe's outfit - alternative form of Y3
palette green, pot blue, reeds and cord red
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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
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Z3 three vertical strokes Z1 written vertically
blue
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Z4 two diagonal strokes
blue
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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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Aa13 two ribs of oryx ??
blue
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Aa13 two ribs of oryx ??
red