The Polychrome Hieroglyph Research Project

Université Libre de Bruxelles - Faculté de Philosophie et Sciences sociales

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Nakht-Min TT.87 - Sheikh Abd el-Gurna - Dynasty XVIII

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D21 mouth
red
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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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D46 hand
red
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D58 foot
red
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F4 forepart of lion
foreparts yellow, face white(see alternate example), mane blue
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F20 tongue of ox (?)
red
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F35 heart and windpipe
heart white with red markings, windpipe white(?)
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I9 horned viper
yellow with red markings on back
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M15 clump of papyrus with buds bent down
base red (and blue?), stems green, flower heads green, yellow and red
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M17 flowering reed
stem blue, leaf green (faded)
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M23 plant regarded as typical of Upper Egypt (M26?)
green
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M26 sedge(?) growing from a sign for land (N17?)
sedge green, flowers red

N24 land marked out with irrigation runnels
blue
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N35 ripple of water
black
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N36 channel filled with water
water green, edges blue
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O29 wooden column (also written vertically)
red
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O49 village with crossroads
cross green with blue edges, fill white
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O51 heap of grain on a raised mud floor
base blue, heaps yellow with red dots
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Q1 seat
blue
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Q3 stool of reed matting
matting green, bands yellow
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R4 loaf X2 on a reed mat
matting green, ends and centre bands yellow, loaf black(?)
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R12 standard for carrying religious symbols
standard red, protruberence white

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

V28 wick of twisted flax
green
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V30 wickerwork basket
green
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W10 cup (probably also a basket - see A9)
red
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W14 tall water-pot
pot red, upper blue
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W22 beer-jug
base red, top blue
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W24 bowl
blue
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X1 bread
blue
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X8 conical loaf (?)
outline black, base and triangle blue, fill white
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Y3 scribe's outfit, consisting of palette, bag for pigments and reed-holder
reed holder blue(?), top of holder blue, tip of reed red, string red, bowl blue, palette yellow
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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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Z4 two diagonal strokes
black
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Aa1 kind of sieve? Or maybe a placenta?
green
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Aa11 doubtful (sometimes vertical)
red