The Polychrome Hieroglyph Research Project

Université Libre de Bruxelles - Faculté de Philosophie et Sciences sociales

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Nefersekheru TT.296 - Khokha - Dynasty XIX

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A1 seated man
hair blue, flesh red, robe green
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A2 man with hand to mouth
flesh red, robe green

A7 man sinking to ground from fatigue
hair blue, body red

A30 man with arms outstretched
hair blue, flesh red, robe green
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A40 seated god (curved beard and straight wig)
head green, beard red(?), body red
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A51 as A50 with flagellum S45
hair blue, face, arms and feet red, robe and flagellum green, seat red
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A52 noble squatting with flagellum S45
hair blue, face and arms red, robe and flagellum green
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A255 cube statue of man
hair blue, face red, cube green
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C10* goddess Maât holding an ankh
face green, hair blue, filet red, robe red, ankh blue
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C11 god with arms supporting the sky (with M4 on head)
flesh red, robe green
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D2 face
face green, hair and beard blue
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D4 eye
outline black, eyeball white, iris red
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D21 mouth
red, fill white
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D28 arms extended so as to embrace?
red, fill white
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D35 arms in gesture of negation
red, fill white
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D36 forearm
red
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D37 forearm with hand holding X8
arm red, loaf blue(?)
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D46 hand
red
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D54 legs walking
red
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D58 foot
red

E2 aggressive bull
blue
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E10 ram
horns, legs and outline red, body (faded) green, shoulder blue
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F4 forepart of lion
face and forearm green, mane red
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F34 heart
red
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F35 heart and windpipe
heart red, windpipe green
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G1 Egyptian vulture
upper blue, lower green, legs red(?)
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G9 falcon of Horus bearing the sun N5 on head
falcon upper blue, lower green, legs and solar disk red, two oblongs red
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G29 jabiru
head and back green, beak and feet red, fill on throat wattle white
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G37 sparrow (rounded tail)
red
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G43 quail chick
back blue, body green, beak and legs red
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I9 horned viper
green
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I10 cobra in repose
green
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I12 cobra erect (as on the forehead of the pharaoh
green

I129 protective cobra with multiple coils
green, coils filled white
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K1 a fish (tilapia)
body green, dorsal fin blue (on red), tail red
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M2 herb
stems green, flowers base red, ombel green, tips red
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M14 combination of papyrus M13 and serpent I10
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 blue, leaf green, front leg red
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N1 sky
blue
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N5 sun
red
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N8 sunshine
sun red, rays green
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N14 star
red, centre blue(?)
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N25 sandy hill country over edge of green cultivation
red

N30A mound of earth with walls?
mound green, outline red, walls blue
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N35 ripple of water
blue

N37 garden pool
pool rim blue, water green
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O1 house
wall blue, fill white
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O4 reed shelter in fields
wall blue, fill white
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O6 rectangular enclosure seen in plan
walls blue, fill white
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O34 bolt
red
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P6 mast
mast red, fill white
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P8 oar (also often written horizontally)
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Q1 seat
blue
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Q2 portable seat (sometimes reversed)
red, centre band green
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Q3 stool of reed matting
green
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R4 loaf X2 on a reed mat
mat green with ends blue, loaf blue
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R8 cloth wound on a pole, emblem of divinity
green
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R14 abbreviation of falcon on standard R13
cloth red, "t" outline blue, feather green
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S3 red crown of Lower Egypt
red

S8 the atef-crown
main crown green, feathers red, horns green
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S27* as S 27 with cloth tie-bag in centre
cloth red with fill white, base green, bag green with fill white
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S27* as S 27 with cloth tie-bag in centre
cloth green, base green, bag red with fill white
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S29 folded cloth
red, fill white (sometimes)
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S34 tie or strap, sandal strap, symbol of life
blue, fill white
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S38 crook
blue (or red??), crook fill white
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T3 mace with pear-shaped head (vertical)
mace head green, handle blue
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T5 combination of mace T3 and serpent I10
serpent green, mace lower blue, upper red with top transparent (or faded blue on red drawing?)

T6 combination of mace T3 and two serpents I10
serpents green, mace blue
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T14 throw-stick, or club as a foreign weapon of warfare
red
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T23 two-barbed arrow-head (XVIII dyn. Alternative form)
arrow red, base green
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T32 combination of knife sharpener T31 and walking legs D54
sharpener green(?), outline and loop blue, legs red
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U4 combination of sickle U1 and plinth Aa11
hoe green, plinth blue

U26 drill being used to bore a hole in a bead (XVIII dyn.)
drill holder green, outline blue, bit and bead red(?)

V5 looped rope
green, fill white
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V6 cord (in early exx. doubled and looped at top left)
red, fill white
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V28 wick of twisted flax
green
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V29 swab made from a hank of fibre
fibre blue (or red?), upper loop fill white, swab red
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V30 wickerwork basket
green
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V31 wickerwork basket with handle
green, handle red(?)
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W17A hieratic version of W17
jars and stand red, fill white
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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, knot red
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Y4 scribe's outfit - alternative form of Y3
reed holder and pot blue(?), string red, palette green
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Y5 draught-board (game of senet)
board red, pieces alternate red and green
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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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Z4 two diagonal strokes
blue
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Aa1 kind of sieve? Or maybe a placenta?
green
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Aa11 doubtful (sometimes vertical)
blue
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Aa15 XVIII dyn. form of Aa13
red, fill white