The Polychrome Hieroglyph Research Project

Université Libre de Bruxelles - Faculté de Philosophie et Sciences sociales

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Menkheper TT.79 - Sheikh Abd el-Gurna - Dynasty XVIII

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A1 seated man
flesh red, eye white, hair faded, kilt white
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A19 bent man leaning on stick
flesh red, eye white, hair faded, kilt white, stick indistinct
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A52 noble squatting with flagellum S45
face and hands red, hair black (? Faded), robe white, flagellum yellow
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B1 seated woman
face yellow, hair black (faded), robe white
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D1 head in profile
face red, eye white, hair black (? faded)
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D2 face
yellow, details red, eyes white(?)
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D4 eye
outline and pupil (faded) black, eyeball white
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D21 mouth
red, fill white
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D29 combination of D28 and R12
arms red, standard red with green or blue protruberences
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D36 forearm
red

D40 forearm with hand holding stick (replaces A24)
red
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D54 legs walking
red

D58 foot
red
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D60 combination of D58 with a vase from which water flows
leg red, lower pot red, upper blue, water blue
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F4 forepart of lion
foreparts and face yellow, muzzle white, mane green
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F20 tongue of ox (?)
red
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F22 hind-quarters of lion or leopard
yellow
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F29 cow's skin pierced by an arrow
skin white, tail and arrow red
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F34 heart
red
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F35 heart and windpipe
heart white with red markings, windpipe outline and details black
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F36 lungs and windpipe
lungs red, windpipe outline and details black
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G17 owl
face and underparts white, top of head, back and wings yellow with blue details
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G39 pintail duck
head and tail red, wing blue, underparts white, feet yellow
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I9 horned viper
yellow, horns and dots red

K2 a fish
body blue, belly white, fins red
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L1 dung beetle
black
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M3 branch
red
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M8 pool with lotus flowers
pool green with outline blue, flowers indistinct
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M16 clump of papyrus
base red with darker red spots, stems green, flowers green and yellow
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M17 flowering reed
green
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M18 combination of reed M17 and walking legs D54
reed green, legs red
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M20 reeds growing side by side
stems, leaves and shoots green
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M23 plant regarded as typical of Upper Egypt (M26?)
green
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M29 pod from some sweet-smelling tree
green
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N5 sun
red, outer ring white

N7 combination of sun N5 and T28
sun red with ring white, block white with base blue and triangle red
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N17 land - alternative form of N16
blue
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N21 tongue of land
blue
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N28 hill over which are the rays of the rising sun
bands of colour (indistinct)
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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, fill white
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O4 reed shelter in fields
blue (or maybe green)
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O29 wooden column (also written vertically)
red
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O34 bolt
red
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O35 combination of bolt O34 and legs walking D54
red
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O42 fence outside primitive shrine
red
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O51 heap of grain on a raised mud floor
heaps yellow, grain red, floor blue
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P8 oar (also often written horizontally)
red
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Q3 stool of reed matting
matting green, bands yellow with outline red

Q6 coffin (form variable)
yellow
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R8 cloth wound on a pole, emblem of divinity
pole white with red details, cloth yellow with red details

R12 standard for carrying religious symbols
standard red, protruberence white
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R22 two fossil belemnites (?)
red, centre white (?)
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S3 red crown of Lower Egypt
red
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S29 folded cloth
red
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S34 tie or strap, sandal strap, symbol of life
blue
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U7 hoe (alternative form of U6)
hoe red, rope white
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U29 fire-drill (O.K. form of U28)
drill yellow, base blue
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V22 whip (XVIII dyn.)
green, knot yelllow
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V30 wickerwork basket
green
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W12 ring-stand for jars (straight bottom O.K.)
stand red, triangle white, top faded
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W14 tall water-pot
lower part red, centre white, top blue
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W15 water-pot W14 with water pouring from it
lower pot red, centre white, top and water blue
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W24 bowl
blue
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X1 bread
blue
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Y1 papyrus rolled up, tied and sealed (also vertically from XII dyn.)
roll white, lashings red, seal blue(?)

Y4 scribe's outfit - alternative form of Y3
reed holder and pot blue, reed tip and string red, palette yellow

Y5 draught-board (game of senet)
board red with white dots, pieces green
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Z1 stroke (a wooden dowel?)
red outline
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Aa1 kind of sieve? Or maybe a placenta?
green
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Aa11 doubtful (sometimes vertical)
red

Aa15 XVIII dyn. form of Aa13
red