The Polychrome Hieroglyph Research Project

Université Libre de Bruxelles - Faculté de Philosophie et Sciences sociales

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Nakht TT.52 - Sheikh Abd el-Gurna - Dynasty XVIII


A52 noble squatting with flagellum S45
hair black, face red, eye white, arms red, robe white, flagellum yellow

B1 seated woman
hair black, face yellow with red markings, robe white
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D1 head in profile
hair black, face red (no beard)
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D2 face
face yellow, features red, eyes and hair black
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D4 eye
outline black, eyeball white, iris red, pupil black
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D21 mouth
red, fill white
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D36 forearm
red
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D40 forearm with hand holding stick (replaces A24)
arm and stick 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, lower vase blue, upper vase red, water green
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E34 desert hare
yellow, markings red
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F34 heart
pink with darker red markings
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F34 heart
white with red markings
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F35 heart and windpipe
heart pink with darker red markings, windpipe white
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G4 long legged buzzard
yellow, markings red

G17 owl
face and breast white, markings and outlines red, top of head, wing and feet yellow
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I9 horned viper
yellow (faded) underparts with red markings, upperparts blue, horns black
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I9 horned viper
yellow, outline and eye red, horns black

M3 branch
red

M11 flower on long twisting stalk
green

M15 clump of papyrus with buds bent down
base pink with red markings, stems green, buds yellow, flowers green with yellow and red tips

M17 flowering reed
stem blue, leaf green

M20 reeds growing side by side
stems and shoots blue, leaves green, earth red

M27 combination of sedge M26 and arm D36
sedge blue, flowers red, arm red

M42 flower?
red
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N1 sky
blue
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N5 sun
centre red, ring white with outline red
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N14 star
yellow, outline and centre ring red
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N17 land - alternative form of N16
blue
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N19 two sandy tracts (N18 repeated, often smaller)
red
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N25 sandy hill country over edge of green cultivation
red
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N26 sand-covered mountain over edge of green cultivation
red
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N29 sandy hill slope
blue

N35 ripple of water
black

N36 channel filled with water
channel sides blue, water green

O1 house
blue, fill white
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O10 combination of enclosure O6 and falcon G5
enclosure blue with fill white, falcon face, breast and feet white with red markings, back of head, wing and tail green
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P8 oar (also often written horizontally)
red

Q1 seat
blue
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Q3 stool of reed matting
green, horizontal bands faded yellow

Q4 head-rest
red
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R8 cloth wound on a pole, emblem of divinity
base of pole and tip of flag blue, rest yellow

R19 the was-sceptre S40 with fillet and feather
sceptre green, feather and fillet white with red markings
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S29 folded cloth
red
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T23 two-barbed arrow-head (XVIII dyn. Alternative form
red

U3 combination of sickle U1 and eye D4
sickle green, eyeball white, outline yellow, iris black
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V4 lasso
green
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V13 rope for tethering animals
green
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V22 whip (XVIII dyn.)
whip green, bud yellow with red ring, flower yellow with red tips
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V28 wick of twisted flax
green
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V30 wickerwork basket
green

W23 jar with handles
base blue, upper and handles red

W24 bowl
blue

W25 combination of bowl W24 and walking legs D54
bowl blue, legs red
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X1 bread
blue
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X8 conical loaf (?)
sides black, base blue, small triangle green, fill white

Y3 scribe's outfit, consisting of palette, bag for pigments and reed-holder
reed holder and pot blue, reeds and rope red, palette yellow, inkwell red (only one visible)
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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
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Aa1 kind of sieve? Or maybe a placenta?
green
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Aa11 doubtful (sometimes vertical)
red