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.

Userhat TT.56 yellow background - Sheikh Abd el-Gurna - Dynasty XVIII

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A1 seated man
flesh red, kilt white, hair probably faded black
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A17 child sitting (on lap) with hand to mouth
red

A40E seated god with curved beard and straight wig, holding an ankh
face red, wig and ankh blue, robe white
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A52 noble squatting with flagellum S45
arms and face red, hair black, robe white, flagellum yellow(?)
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B1 seated woman
face yellow,wig blue, robe white
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D1 head in profile
face red, eye white, beard (and probably hair) black
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D2 face
face yellow, hair (and probably beard) black
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D4 eye
eyeball white, iris red, outline faded (black?)
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D19 nose, eye and cheek
yellow, eye white
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D21 mouth
red, fill white
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D28 arms extended so as to embrace?
red
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D35 arms in gesture of negation
red
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D36 forearm
red
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D37 forearm with hand holding X8
arm red, loaf faded (black and white?)
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D45 arm with hand holding the nehbet wand
red, wand faded
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D52 phallus
red
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D54 legs walking
red
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D58 foot
red
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E15 recumbent dog
black
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F4 forepart of lion
face and forepart yellow, mane blue (or green?)
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F12 head and neck of canine animal
green or blue ?
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F21 ear of ox (?)
red, outline black
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F35 heart and windpipe
white, markings red
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G9 falcon of Horus bearing the sun N5 on head
face and underparts white, back faded, tail green with tip red, feet yellow, sun disk red, two ovals faded
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G17 owl
face and underparts white, eyes red, wing and feet yellow
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G29 jabiru
beak and feet red, back blue, underparts white
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G35 cormorant
head, wing, tail and feet red, breast white
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G43 quail chick
beak and feet red, back and wing yellow, underparts white
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I9 horned viper
yellow
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M17 flowering reed
stem blue, leaf green
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M23 plant regarded as typical of Upper Egypt (M26?)
blue
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N5 sun
red, outer ring white

N8 sunshine
sun red, outer ring and sun rays white
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N14 star
yellow
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N25 sandy hill country over edge of green cultivation
hill pink with red dots, base green
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N29 sandy hill slope
blue
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N35 ripple of water
black (faded but traces)
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O1 house
wall blue, fill white
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O8 combination of enclosure O7 and column O29
walls blue, column red, fill white
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O10 combination of enclosure O6 and falcon G5
enclosure blue with fill white, falcon face and underparts white, eye and beak red, wing green, tail blue, legs and feet red
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O21 façade of shrine
wall yellow, grround blue, frieze blue and red, door red, façade white
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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

P5 sail
mast and spars red, sail white
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P8 oar (also often written horizontally)
red
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Q3 stool of reed matting
matting green, ends and central band yellow and red
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R4 loaf X2 on a reed mat
mat green with lashings yellow, loaf faded

R7 bowl for incense with smoke rising from it
red
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R8 cloth wound on a pole, emblem of divinity
base of pole blue, upper pole and flag yellow
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S29 folded cloth
red, fill white
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T28 butcher's block
outline blue, centre red, fill white
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U3 combination of sickle U1 and eye D4
sickle green, eyeball white, iris red, pupil darker red
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U7 hoe (alternative form of U6)
hoe and rope red, fill white
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V13 rope for tethering animals
green, fill white
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V28 wick of twisted flax
green

V29 swab made from a hank of fibre
green
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V30 wickerwork basket
green

W9 stone jug with handle
base red, top blue, handle faded
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W17 water-pots in a rack (XII-XVIII dyn.)
lower pots red, upper blue, stand red
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W22 beer-jug
lower half red, upper half blue
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W24 bowl
blue
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X1 bread
blue
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X8 conical loaf (?)
base and inner triangle blue, sides yellow(?), fill white
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Y1 papyrus rolled up, tied and sealed (also vertically from XII dyn.)
papyrus white, lashings red, seal blue(?)
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Y3 scribe's outfit, consisting of palette, bag for pigments and reed-holder
holder blue, reed tip red, bowl blue, string red, palette white, ink faded (black?) and red
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Z1 stroke (a wooden dowel?)
black (faded but traces)
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Z2 three strokes (also written 1 over 2 and vertically)
black (faded but traces)
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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 ??
red