The Polychrome Hieroglyph Research Project

Université Libre de Bruxelles - Faculté de Philosophie et Sciences sociales

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Ramses IV KV.2 - Valley of the Kings - Dynasty XX

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A1 seated man
flesh red, hair black, kilt white

A1A hieratic form of A1
body blue, arms red, fill yellow
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A40 seated god (curved beard and straight wig)
upper bodyand face green, wig and beard blue, robe red

C1 god with sun and uraeus on head
robe red, upper body and face faded (green?), sun red
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D1 head in profile
face red, hair and beard blue
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D2 face
yellow
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D4 eye
outline black, eyeball white, iris red
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D21 mouth
red, fill yellow
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D28 arms extended so as to embrace?
arms red, fill yellow
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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 blue
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D40 forearm with hand holding stick (replaces A24)
arm red, stick black(?)
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D41 forearm with palm of hand downwards and upper arm flexed
red
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D46 hand
red
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D52 phallus
red
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D54 legs walking
legs red, fill yellow
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D58 foot
red

E10 ram
body and legs yellow, mane blue, horns faded
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E34 desert hare
yellow with red spots
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E34 desert hare
green with black(?) spots
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F40 portion of backbone with spinal cord issuing from both ends
red

F42 rib
red
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F46 intestine
intestine blue, fill yellow
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G1 Egyptian vulture
body yellow with markings red, feet and beak red
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G17 owl
yellow, legs red
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G17 owl
owl green, legs red
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G25 crested ibis
body blue, beak, back and legs black, crest red
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G29 jabiru
face red, neck and breast white, wings and legs blue
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G36 swallow or martin (swallow tail)
face, breast and tail green, tail tip, beak and legs red, back blue
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G39 pintail duck
head and tail red, shoulder blue, wings yellow, breast white, legs blue (or black?)
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G43 quail chick
yellow, feet and beak red
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I9 horned viper
green with black(?) outline
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I9 horned viper
yellow, horns and outline black
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I10 cobra in repose
yellow
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I14 snake
black

I14A snake pierced by knives
snake green, fill yellow, knives red
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K4 oxyrhynchus fish
fish blue, fins red
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M13 stem of papyrus
green
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M17 flowering reed
stem blue, leaf green
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N5 sun
red
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N14 star
yellow
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N16 flat alluvial land with grains of sand N33 beneath it
blue
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N26 sand-covered mountain over edge of green cultivation
mountain red, fill between peaks yellow
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N27 sun rising over mountain
red
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N29 sandy hill slope
blue
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N35 ripple of water
black
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O1 house
blue, fill yellow
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O4 reed shelter in fields
wall blue, fill yellow
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O29 wooden column (also written vertically)
red

O34 bolt
red
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P3 sacred bark (details vary considerably)
ship yellow, water blue
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P8 oar (also often written horizontally)
red
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Q3 stool of reed matting
matting green, cross pieces blue
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Q7 brazier with flame rising from it
brazier blue(?), flame red, fill yellow
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R8 cloth wound on a pole, emblem of divinity
base, rear and tip of flag black, pole and flag yellow
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S3 red crown of Lower Egypt
crown red, fill yellow
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S24 girdle knot
green with outline blue
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S29 folded cloth
red, fill yellow

S32 piece of cloth with fringe
cloth green with blue lines, fringe blue
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S34 tie or strap, sandal strap, symbol of life
blue
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T30 knife
red
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U3 combination of sickle U1 and eye D4
sickle green, eye outline black, eyeball white, iris red
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U4 combination of sickle U1 and plinth Aa11
sickle green, plinth blue
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U21 adze at work on a block of wood
handle blue(?), wood red
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V1 coil of rope
red, fill yellow
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V4 lasso
cord green, fill yellow
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V13 rope for tethering animals
green, fill yellow
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V28 wick of twisted flax
green
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V31 wickerwork basket with handle
basket green, rim blue, handle faded
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W11 ring-stand for jars, also red earthenware pot (round bottom XVIII dyn.)
outline black(?), fill yellow

W17A hieratic version of W17
jars red, cord green, fill yellow
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W24 bowl
bowl blue with red centre ring
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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 blue, seal blue with red ties
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Y5 draught-board (game of senet)
board red, pawns blue (or green?), fill yellow
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Z1 stroke (a wooden dowel?)
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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Z9 two sticks crossed
red
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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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Aa15 XVIII dyn. form of Aa13
red, fill yellow