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Menkheper TT.79 - Sheikh Abd el-Gurna - Dynasty XVIII


A1 seated man
flesh red, eye white, hair faded, kilt white

A19 bent man leaning on stick
flesh red, eye white, hair faded, kilt white, stick indistinct

A52 noble squatting with flagellum S45
face and hands red, hair black (? Faded), robe white, flagellum yellow

B1 seated woman
face yellow, hair black (faded), robe white

D1 head in profile
face red, eye white, hair black (? faded)

D2 face
yellow, details red, eyes white(?)

D4 eye
outline and pupil (faded) black, eyeball white

D21 mouth
red, fill white

D29 combination of D28 and R12
arms red, standard red with green or blue protruberences

D36 forearm
red

D40 forearm with hand holding stick (replaces A24)
red

D54 legs walking
red

D58 foot
red

D60 combination of D58 with a vase from which water flows
leg red, lower pot red, upper blue, water blue

F4 forepart of lion
foreparts and face yellow, muzzle white, mane green

F20 tongue of ox (?)
red

F22 hind-quarters of lion or leopard
yellow

F29 cow's skin pierced by an arrow
skin white, tail and arrow red

F34 heart
red

F35 heart and windpipe
heart white with red markings, windpipe outline and details black

F36 lungs and windpipe
lungs red, windpipe outline and details black

G17 owl
face and underparts white, top of head, back and wings yellow with blue details

G39 pintail duck
head and tail red, wing blue, underparts white, feet yellow

I9 horned viper
yellow, horns and dots red

K2 a fish
body blue, belly white, fins red

L1 dung beetle
black

M3 branch
red

M8 pool with lotus flowers
pool green with outline blue, flowers indistinct

M16 clump of papyrus
base red with darker red spots, stems green, flowers green and yellow

M17 flowering reed
green

M18 combination of reed M17 and walking legs D54
reed green, legs red

M20 reeds growing side by side
stems, leaves and shoots green

M23 plant regarded as typical of Upper Egypt (M26?)
green

M29 pod from some sweet-smelling tree
green

N5 sun
red, outer ring white

N7 combination of sun N5 and T28
sun red with ring white, block white with base blue and triangle red

N17 land - alternative form of N16
blue

N21 tongue of land
blue

N28 hill over which are the rays of the rising sun
bands of colour (indistinct)

N35 ripple of water
black

N36 channel filled with water
blue(?)

O1 house
blue, fill white

O4 reed shelter in fields
blue (or maybe green)

O29 wooden column (also written vertically)
red

O34 bolt
red

O35 combination of bolt O34 and legs walking D54
red

O42 fence outside primitive shrine
red

O51 heap of grain on a raised mud floor
heaps yellow, grain red, floor blue

P8 oar (also often written horizontally)
red

Q3 stool of reed matting
matting green, bands yellow with outline red

Q6 coffin (form variable)
yellow

R8 cloth wound on a pole, emblem of divinity
pole white with red details, cloth yellow with red details

R12 standard for carrying religious symbols
standard red, protruberence white

R22 two fossil belemnites (?)
red, centre white (?)

S3 red crown of Lower Egypt
red

S29 folded cloth
red

S34 tie or strap, sandal strap, symbol of life
blue

U7 hoe (alternative form of U6)
hoe red, rope white

U29 fire-drill (O.K. form of U28)
drill yellow, base blue

V22 whip (XVIII dyn.)
green, knot yelllow

V30 wickerwork basket
green

W12 ring-stand for jars (straight bottom O.K.)
stand red, triangle white, top faded

W14 tall water-pot
lower part red, centre white, top blue

W15 water-pot W14 with water pouring from it
lower pot red, centre white, top and water blue

W24 bowl
blue

X1 bread
blue

Y1 papyrus rolled up, tied and sealed (also vertically from XII dyn.)
roll white, lashings red, seal blue(?)

Y4 scribe's outfit - alternative form of Y3
reed holder and pot blue, reed tip and string red, palette yellow

Y5 draught-board (game of senet)
board red with white dots, pieces green

Z1 stroke (a wooden dowel?)
red outline

Aa1 kind of sieve? Or maybe a placenta?
green

Aa11 doubtful (sometimes vertical)
red

Aa15 XVIII dyn. form of Aa13
red