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.

Atet - Maidûm. - Dynasty III

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D20 semi-cursive variant of D19
red (only front line, no eye)
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D21 mouth
red
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D21 mouth
yellow
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D28 arms extended so as to embrace?
yellow
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D35 arms in gesture of negation
red
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D46 hand
red
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D58 foot
red
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D121 mouth with liquid issuing from the side
mouth red, water black
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F25 leg and hoof of ox
yellow with black outline, hoof black
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F25 leg and hoof of ox
white with red outline, hoof black
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G1 Egyptian vulture
white, black wing-tips, red markings, yellow face and beak, black eye, yellow legs, black claws
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G4 long legged buzzard
brown, beak and feet yellow
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G4 long legged buzzard
brown, beak and legs yellow
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G17 owl
yellow
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G43 quail chick
yellow, white breast, red and black markings, red feet
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G43 quail chick
yellow
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I3 crocodile
yellow
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I9 horned viper
yellow
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I9 horned viper
white with red outline, black horns and markings
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I10 cobra in repose
yellow
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M17 flowering reed
yellow
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M17 flowering reed
green, black outline
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M23 plant regarded as typical of Upper Egypt (M26?)
green, black outline
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N26 sand-covered mountain over edge of green cultivation
red
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N26 sand-covered mountain over edge of green cultivation
pink with red, black, white and green dots
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N35 ripple of water
black
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O1 house
black
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Q3 stool of reed matting
yellow
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R8 cloth wound on a pole, emblem of divinity
yellow with black markings
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S29 folded cloth
red
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S34 tie or strap, sandal strap, symbol of life
black
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U23 chisel (?)
yellow with black blade
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U23 chisel (?)
handle yellow, blade black
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U23 chisel (?)
handle striped yellow and white, outline red, blade black
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U36 club used by fullers in washing
black
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V15 combination of rope for tethering animals V13 and legs walking D54
rope yellow, legs red
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V19 hobble for cattle
yellow
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V31 wickerwork basket with handle
yellow, handle black
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W24 bowl
black
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W24 bowl
yellow
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W25 combination of bowl W24 and walking legs D54
bowl black outline, white fill, legs red
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X1 bread
black
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Aa1 kind of sieve? Or maybe a placenta?
yellow with red lines
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Aa11 doubtful (sometimes vertical)
red
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Aa27 doubtful
red