The Polychrome Hieroglyph Research Project

Université Libre de Bruxelles - Faculté de Philosophie et Sciences sociales

This page displays details of the selected Monument. Click on the Monument number to list all individual signs ("occurrences") recorded from that object or structure.

Mon. 13


Monument : Mehu
Period : Dynasty VI
Reign(s) : Pepy I
High Date : 2321
Low Date : 2287
Monument type : Mastaba
Localisation or provenance : Saqqara
References : PM III, 2, 619-621; Altenmüller (1998).

Mehu was “Chief Justice and Vizier”. The occurrences are taken from the list provided in Altenmüller (1998, 262-264). A comparison with the (probably) contemporary mastaba of Idout (Mon. 24) shows that, of the 30 signs found in both monuments, 23 adopt the same colour scheme. This represents 76% of the sample.