The Polychrome Hieroglyph Research Project

Université Libre de Bruxelles - Faculté de Philosophie et Sciences sociales

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Menna TT.69 - Sheikh Abd el-Gurna - Dynasty XVIII


A9 man steadying basket W10 on head
flesh red, kilt white, hair black, basket yellow with red lines

A40 seated god (curved beard and straight wig)
face red, hair and beard blue, robe white

A41 king (uraeus, straight beard and coif'
face red, beard blue, wig and robe white

A51 as A50 with flagellum S45
face and hands red, hair black, flagellum yellow, robe white, outline red, seat indistinct
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D1 head in profile
face red, hair black, eye transparent

D2 face
face yellow, features red, hair, pupils and beard black
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D4 eye
outline black, eyeball white, iris red, pupil 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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D58 foot
red
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D60 combination of D58 with a vase from which water flows
foot red, vase lower part red, upper part blue, water blue

E34 desert hare
yellow with blue spots, ears with red markings
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F20 tongue of ox (?)
red
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F34 heart
red

F35 heart and windpipe
heart red, windpipe green
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F35 heart and windpipe
heart white with markings red, windpipe green
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G1 Egyptian vulture
head yellow with outline red, wing blue, breast white, legs red
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G2 two vultures G1
head and feet yellow, rest white, with red markings
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G17 owl
yellow back, wings, face and legs with red markings, underparts white
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I9 horned viper
underparts yellow with dots red, upperparts blue
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I10 cobra in repose
underparts yellow with markings red, upperparts blue
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M17 flowering reed
stem blue, leaf green
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M20 reeds growing side by side
stems blue, fronds green, earth and shoots blue
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M23 plant regarded as typical of Upper Egypt (M26?)
green
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N5 sun
disk yellow with markings red, outer ring outline red with dots blue
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N17 land - alternative form of N16
blue
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N19 two sandy tracts (N18 repeated, often smaller)
red (or pink?)
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N21 tongue of land
blue
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N35 ripple of water
black
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O1 house
blue
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O6 rectangular enclosure seen in plan
walls blue, door red, inner white

O29 wooden column (also written vertically)
red
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O34 bolt
red
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P8 oar (also often written horizontally)
yellow with outline red
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Q1 seat
blue
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R8 cloth wound on a pole, emblem of divinity
base of pole blue(?), cloth yellow with markings red, upper pole yellow
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S3 red crown of Lower Egypt
red
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S29 folded cloth
red

S38 crook
yellow with bands blue

T34 butcher's knife
red
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U28 fire-drill (XVIII dyn.)
drill yellow with red outline and two diagonal stripes, base red
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V22 whip (XVIII dyn.)
whip green, knot blue with centre red
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V28 wick of twisted flax
green
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V30 wickerwork basket
green

W13 red earthenware pot (O.K.)
red
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W14 tall water-pot
yellow, outline red
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X1 bread
blue

Y1 papyrus rolled up, tied and sealed (also vertically from XII dyn.)
roll white, lashings red, seal blue (?)
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Y4 scribe's outfit - alternative form of Y3
reed-holder red, reeds white, rope white with red outline, pot blue, palette white, inkwells blue and red
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Z1 stroke (a wooden dowel?)
black
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Z2 three strokes (also written 1 over 2 and vertically)
black
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Z9 two sticks crossed
red, centre (lashing?) yellow
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Z11 two planks crossed and joined
red
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Aa1 kind of sieve? Or maybe a placenta?
green

Aa8 irrigation runnels (as in N24 ?) - see extensive notes in Gardiner
verticals red, horizontals blue (smudged)
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Aa11 doubtful (sometimes vertical)
red
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Aa15 XVIII dyn. form of Aa13
red