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. 41


Monument : Nakht TT.52
Period : Dynasty XVIII
Reign(s) : Thutmose IV
High Date : 1400
Low Date : 1390
Monument type : Private Tomb
Localisation or provenance : Sheikh Abd el-Gurna
References : PM I, 1, 99-102; Photos Nunn.

Nakht was a scribe and “Astronomer of Amon”. As with the tomb of his contemporary, Menna (Mon. 40), the tomb of Nakht is in an excellent state of conservation. Aside from the magnificent wall paintings depicting the daily life of an elite, the polychrome hieroglyphs are just as remarkable, with their bright, canonical colours and their fine detail. Only yellow has sometimes faded to a pale offwhite.