The Polychrome Hieroglyph Research Project

Université Libre de Bruxelles - Faculté de Philosophie et Sciences sociales

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Deir el-Bahri - Deir el-Bahri - Dynasty XVIII

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C11 god with arms supporting the sky (with M4 on head)
flesh red, hair and beard blue, kilt yellow against right leg, kilt white on inside left leg
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D4 eye
outline black (faded), eyeball white with red corners, iris red, pupil black(?)
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D21 mouth
red, fill white
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D36 forearm
red
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D45 arm with hand holding the nehbet wand
arm red, wand blue(?) or black(?)
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D58 foot
red
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F34 heart
lower two thirds dark red, upper third paler red
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F35 heart and windpipe
white with red markings
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F40 portion of backbone with spinal cord issuing from both ends
backbone red, spinal cord white

G8 falcon of Horus on the sign for gold S12
falcon green, head and breast white, tail tips and feet red, collar blue, green, red, green, blue, knots blue and red, string red

G16 vulture goddess Nekhbet and cobra goddess Edjo on baskets V30
vulture head white, back blue, wing-tip green, breast red, underparts white, legs blue, cobra yellow, ventral stripe white, baskets green
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G17 owl
head and wings yellow, face white with red features, breast white, legs and feet red
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G43 quail chick
body yellow, beak and feet red, eye black
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I9 horned viper
yellow
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I10 cobra in repose
yellow
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L1 dung beetle
black
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L2 bee
upper body blue, lower body and legs white, abdomen yellow with red stripe, wings yellow with red lines giving impression of orange
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M16 clump of papyrus
base red, stems green, flowers red and green
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M17 flowering reed
green

M19 heaped conical cakes between reed M17 and sign like U36
reeds green, zigzag red, fill white
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M23 plant regarded as typical of Upper Egypt (M26?)
green
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N1 sky
blue
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N5 sun
inner red, outer ring white
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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

O23 hall used in the Sed-festival
base blue, structure red, fill white
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O29 wooden column (also written vertically)
red
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O47 a prehistoric building at Hieraconpolis (Nekhen) (XVIII dyn.)
blue, fill white
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Q3 stool of reed matting
matting green, bands yellow
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R8 cloth wound on a pole, emblem of divinity
lower pole binding green and blue, upper pole and flag yellow with red markings
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R11 column indicating a bunch of stalks tied together
pillar bands of red, green, yellow and blue, cross pieces yellow knob on top red
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R19 the was-sceptre S40 with fillet and feather
shaft and head green(?), feather and fillet white , fill at base white
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S29 folded cloth
red
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S34 tie or strap, sandal strap, symbol of life
blue, stitching white, fill white
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S38 crook
crook yellow, fill white
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S40 sceptre with straight shaft and head of Seth-animal (see too R19)
green
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S43 walking-stick
yellow
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T4 mace T3 with a strap to pass around hand
shaft yellow, head white, strap red
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U4 combination of sickle U1 and plinth Aa11
sickle green, plinth blue
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U6 hoe
hoe red, rope white and red
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V30 wickerwork basket
green
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V31 wickerwork basket with handle
green, handle yellow (?)

W4 combination of basin W3 and booth O22
column red, booth yellow, fill white, basin white with lozenge and chevrons yellow
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W11 ring-stand for jars, also red earthenware pot (round bottom XVIII dyn.)
stand red, centre white, top blue
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W19 milk-jug carried in a net
jug red, net yellow with green edges, strap yellow with fill white
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W24 bowl
base red, upper black
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X1 bread
blue
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X8 conical loaf (?)
base and small triangle blue, outer triangle sides yellow, fill white
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Y1 papyrus rolled up, tied and sealed (also vertically from XII dyn.)
papyrus white, string red
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Y5 draught-board (game of senet)
board red, pieces alternate green and blue (?)
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Z11 two planks crossed and joined
red
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Aa1 kind of sieve? Or maybe a placenta?
green
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Aa2 pustule or gland ?
yellow