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.

IryenkaPtah - Saqqara - Dynasty V

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A40 seated god (curved beard and straight wig)
ochreous with black hair
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D21 mouth
red , interior hollow
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D46 hand
ochre, red outline
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F30 water-skin
white, upper and dots black, outline brown
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G17 owl
head, wings, legs yellow, underparts white, black dots, red detail, black eyes
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M12 leaf, stalk and rhizome of lotus
leaf and rhizome green, stalk black
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N31 road bordered by shrubs
yellow with black edges, bushes green
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N42 well full of water (smooth surface)
blue, outline black
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O29 wooden column (also written vertically)
red on white
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Q1 seat
light green
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Q3 stool of reed matting
light green, black details
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R4 loaf X2 on a reed mat
mat green, lashing light green, bread yellow
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S12 collar of beads
uppmost blue, then light green, red, beads blue, strings red
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U1 sickle
green-blue
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U29 fire-drill (O.K. form of U28)
or uncoloured ?
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V27 netting needle filled with twine (O.K. form)
red on white
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W9 stone jug with handle
green-blue
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Aa1 kind of sieve? Or maybe a placenta?
light green, black details and outline