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.

Ankhmerire - Saqqara - Dynasty VI

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A9 man steadying basket W10 on head
skin red, hair black, kilt white, basket yellow
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A40 seated god (curved beard and straight wig)
skin yellow, hair and beard black, white robe, red outline
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D1 head in profile
face red, hair, eyeliner and beard black
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D2 face
face yellow with red details, hair, beard and eyes black
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D4 eye
outline and pupil black, eyeball yellow
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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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D39 forearm with hand holding bowl W24
arm red, bowl blue
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D46 hand
red
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D58 foot
red

D121 mouth with liquid issuing from the side
lips red, water (faded) blue
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E17 jackal
black
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F4 forepart of lion
foreparts yellow-brown, mane blue
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F35 heart and windpipe
fill white, details and outline red
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F39 backbone with spinal cord issuing from it
vertebrae red, spinal cord white
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G1 Egyptian vulture
body white, outline and details red, wingtips blue, legs yellow
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G17 owl
body white, wings yellow, eyebrows black, eyes red, legs yellow
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G26 sacred ibis on the standard R12
standard red with white feather, bird beak, neck, tail, legs black, body white with red outline and details
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G43 quail chick
feathers yellow, markings black, legs red
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G47 duckling
red
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K3 a fish
blue
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L2 bee
body above legs blue, rear parts red with black stripes, wings yellow, legs black
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M17 flowering reed
stem blue, leaf green
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M23 plant regarded as typical of Upper Egypt (M26?)
green-blue
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N5 sun
red
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N14 star
yellow
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N35 ripple of water
black
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N37 garden pool
blue
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O1 house
blue
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O16 gateway(?) surmounted by protecting serpents
house plan and frieze blue, uraei yellow

O22 open booth supported by a pole
booth yellow, pole red

O24 pyramid with side of surrounding wall
white with red outline, point yellow
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O49 village with crossroads
blue

O51 heap of grain on a raised mud floor
outside of barn and doors blue, floor red, fill white
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Q1 seat
green
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R8 cloth wound on a pole, emblem of divinity
upper part yellow with red markings, lower part blue
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R11 column indicating a bunch of stalks tied together
pillar red, blue and green sections, cross markings white
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S19 cylinder seal attached to bead necklace
seal blue, chain alternate red, blue

S26 apron or kilt
red
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S29 folded cloth
red
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S34 tie or strap, sandal strap, symbol of life
black, loop fill white
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S42 sceptre of authority (various forms)
yellow
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T3 mace with pear-shaped head (vertical)
mace-head white with red outline, handle yellow
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T21 one-barbed harpoon
handle red, point black, rope black
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T28 butcher's block
outer blue, inner red with fill white
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U1 sickle
green
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U6 hoe
hoe red, binding black
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U23 chisel (?)
green

U30 potter's kiln
kiln blue, upper and lower parts red
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U36 club used by fullers in washing
blue
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V7 loop of cord with the ends downward
yellow
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V13 rope for tethering animals
yellow
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V28 wick of twisted flax
green
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V30 wickerwork basket
green
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W3 basin of alabaster as used in purifications
basin white, diamond shape yellow, outline red
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W24 bowl
blue
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X1 bread
blue
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Y3 scribe's outfit, consisting of palette, bag for pigments and reed-holder
palette green, inkwells red, string white with red outline, pot without colour, reed holder black
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Y5 draught-board (game of senet)
board red, two inner pawns red, three outer pawns blue
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Z1 stroke (a wooden dowel?)
red
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Aa1 kind of sieve? Or maybe a placenta?
green

Aa14 O.K. form of Aa13
yellow