The Polychrome Hieroglyph Research Project

Université Libre de Bruxelles - Faculté de Philosophie et Sciences sociales

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Benia TT.343 - Sheikh Abd el-Gurna - Dynasty XVIII


A17 child sitting (on lap) with hand to mouth
body red, hair faded (black?)
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A52 noble squatting with flagellum S45
flesh red, hair faded ( black?), flagellum yellow, clothing white
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D2 face
face yellow, hair and beard black, facial details red and black
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D21 mouth
red
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D28 arms extended so as to embrace?
red
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D36 forearm
red
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D37 forearm with hand holding X8
arm red, bread yellow(?)
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D39 forearm with hand holding bowl W24
arm red, bowl blue
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D46 hand
red
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D54 legs walking
red
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D58 foot
red
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D60 combination of D58 with a vase from which water flows
leg red, bowl lower red, upper blue, water blue
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E23 recumbent lion
yellow with red markings
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F20 tongue of ox (?)
red
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F34 heart
red
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F35 heart and windpipe
white with red details
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F36 lungs and windpipe
yellow with red details
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G1 Egyptian vulture
head and feet yellow, body feathers white, wing feathers blue
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G14 vulture
head and body feathers white, wings blue
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G17 owl
breast feathers white, wings yellow, legs, face white, crown and eyes red
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G40 pintail duck flying
edge of wings, head and tail red, wings yellow with red markings, breast white, feet yellow
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G43 quail chick
yellow
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I9 horned viper
body yellow, belly white with red stripes, outline and spots red, head black(?)
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I10 cobra in repose
body yellow, belly white, details red
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M17 flowering reed
green
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M23 plant regarded as typical of Upper Egypt (M26?)
green
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M29 pod from some sweet-smelling tree
green

M30 a sweet-tasting root?
green, tip red and yellow
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N1 sky
blue
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N5 sun
centre red, ring white, outline red
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N17 land - alternative form of N16
blue
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N29 sandy hill slope
blue
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N35 ripple of water
black(?)
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N36 channel filled with water
green (?)
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O1 house
blue
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O29 wooden column (also written vertically)
red
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O34 bolt
red
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O49 village with crossroads
green
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P8 oar (also often written horizontally)
yellow, outline red
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Q1 seat
blue
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Q3 stool of reed matting
base green, bands yellow
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R1 table with loaves and jug
table white with red alabaster stripes, stand blue, vases red lower blue upper, bread white with red markings

R3 four-legged table with loaves and libation vase
table yellow with red outline, vases red lower blue upper
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R4 loaf X2 on a reed mat
mat green, lashings yellow, bread faded black(?)

R5 censer for fumigation (misunderstood after O.K.)
green with yellow knot
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R8 cloth wound on a pole, emblem of divinity
yellow with red outline and details
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R19 the was-sceptre S40 with fillet and feather
pole green, feather white with yellow stem and red outline,
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S3 red crown of Lower Egypt
red
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S29 folded cloth
red
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S34 tie or strap, sandal strap, symbol of life
blue, loop fill white
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S38 crook
yellow
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T14 throw-stick, or club as a foreign weapon of warfare
red
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U1 sickle
greenish (sic)
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U7 hoe (alternative form of U6)
red
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U33 pestle
red
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V22 whip (XVIII dyn.)
whip green, knot yellow
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V30 wickerwork basket
green

V31* basket V31 but with handle on other side (regularly in hieratic)
basket green, handle red
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W14 tall water-pot
lower part red, upper blue
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W25 combination of bowl W24 and walking legs D54
legs red, pot bluish
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X1 bread
blue
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X2 loaf
lower part red, upper yellow
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X4 roll of bread
yellow ends and centre, white fill, red outline
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Y1 papyrus rolled up, tied and sealed (also vertically from XII dyn.)
roll white, wrapping red
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Y5 draught-board (game of senet)
board red with white dots, gaming pieces green
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Z1 stroke (a wooden dowel?)
blue
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Z2 three strokes (also written 1 over 2 and vertically)
black
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Aa1 kind of sieve? Or maybe a placenta?
green
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Aa11 doubtful (sometimes vertical)
red
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Aa15 XVIII dyn. form of Aa13
red