The Polychrome Hieroglyph Research Project

Université Libre de Bruxelles - Faculté de Philosophie et Sciences sociales

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Userhat TT.56 - Sheikh Abd el-Gurna - Dynasty XVIII


A3 man sitting on heel
flesh red, hair faded (black?), kilt white
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A40 seated god (curved beard and straight wig)
face red, wig blue, robe white
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A48 beardless man (or woman?) holding knife(?)
face, hands and stick red, hair black(? faded), robe white
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A52 noble squatting with flagellum S45
face and hands red, hair black(? faded), robe white, flagellum yellow with white(?) end
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B1 seated woman
face yellow, wig blue, robe white
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D1 head in profile
face red, eye white, hair probably faded black (traces)
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D2 face
hair and beard (probably) black, eyes white, face yellow
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D21 mouth
red, fill white
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D28 arms extended so as to embrace?
red
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D36 forearm
red
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D40 forearm with hand holding stick (replaces A24)
red
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D45 arm with hand holding the nehbet wand
arm and hand red, wand yellow
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D46 hand
red
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D52 phallus
red
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D54 legs walking
red
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D56 leg
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 base red, upper blue, water blue
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F4 forepart of lion
face, shoulder and foreleg yellow with red markings, mane blue
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F12 head and neck of canine animal
blue
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F34 heart
red
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F35 heart and windpipe
heart white with red markings, windpipe white with red lines
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G9 falcon of Horus bearing the sun N5 on head
falcon eye red, face white, wing and tail blue, breast white, legs yellow, solar disk red, white outer ring, two oblongs pink with red dots
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G17 owl
face and breast white, top of head, wings, tail and feet yellow

G35 cormorant
red
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G38 white-fronted goose
head red, throat and breast white, wing blue, tail and feet yellow
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G43 quail chick
chick yellow with markings red, feet red
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I9 horned viper
belly white, back and head yellow, horns and markings red
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I10 cobra in repose
belly white with dots red, back yellow

K1 a fish (tilapia)
blue with gills, tips of fins and tail red
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M11 flower on long twisting stalk
stalk green, flower (damaged) tip red
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M15 clump of papyrus with buds bent down
base blue, earth red with wavy lines in darker red, stems blue(?) flower heads green, red and yellow
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M17 flowering reed
stem blue, fronds green
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M23 plant regarded as typical of Upper Egypt (M26?)
green
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M29 pod from some sweet-smelling tree
green
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N5 sun
red, outer ring white
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N17 land - alternative form of N16
blue
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N25 sandy hill country over edge of green cultivation
base blue, hills pink

N27 sun rising over mountain
ground blue, mountain pink with red dots, sun red with outer ring white
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N35 ripple of water
red
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N36 channel filled with water
green

N42 well full of water (smooth surface)
green
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O1 house
blue, fill white
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O4 reed shelter in fields
green
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O10 combination of enclosure O6 and falcon G5
falcon face yellow, wing and tail blue, breast white, feet yellow and red, enclosure wall blue, gateway red
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O29 wooden column (also written vertically)
red
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O34 bolt
red
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O35 combination of bolt O34 and legs walking D54
red
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O42 fence outside primitive shrine
red
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O49 village with crossroads
green or blue (?)
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P8 oar (also often written horizontally)
red
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Q1 seat
blue
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Q3 stool of reed matting
matting green, bands yellow

Q7 brazier with flame rising from it
red
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R4 loaf X2 on a reed mat
mat green, bands yellow, loaf white
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R8 cloth wound on a pole, emblem of divinity
lower pole white with red lines, upper pole and flag yellow with red markings
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R14 abbreviation of falcon on standard R13
semi-circle blue, cloth red, feather yellow(?)
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S29 folded cloth
red
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S34 tie or strap, sandal strap, symbol of life
blue, fill white
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S38 crook
bands yellow and green
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T18 crook S39 with a package containing a knife etc. lashed to it
red
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T23 two-barbed arrow-head (XVIII dyn. Alternative form
red
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T28 butcher's block
base and centre red, sides blue (faded black?), fill white

U8 hoe without the rope connecting the two pieces
red

U19 adze
red
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U22 chisel
handle red, blade green (or blue?)
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U23 chisel (?)
lower part red, upper outline red, fill white(?)
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V22 whip (XVIII dyn.)
whip green, knot yellow, narrow end red
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V28 wick of twisted flax
green
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V30 wickerwork basket
green
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V31 wickerwork basket with handle
basket green, handle red
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W3 basin of alabaster as used in purifications
white with markings red
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W14 tall water-pot
lower part red, upper part blue
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W14 tall water-pot
lower half blue, upper half red
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W17 water-pots in a rack (XII-XVIII dyn.)
jars lower half blue, upper half red, stand red
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W18 water-pots in a rack (O.K. form of W17)
pots base red, upper blue, stand red
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W22 beer-jug
lower half blue, upper half red
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X1 bread
blue

X2 loaf
pot red, loaf white with top yellow
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X4 roll of bread
centre white, ends yellow
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Y1 papyrus rolled up, tied and sealed (also vertically from XII dyn.)
roll white, lashing red
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Y3 scribe's outfit, consisting of palette, bag for pigments and reed-holder
reed holder blue, reed tip red, pot blue, string red, palette yellow with red dot
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Y5 draught-board (game of senet)
board red, pieces green
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Z1 stroke (a wooden dowel?)
yellow with outline red
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Z2 three strokes (also written 1 over 2 and vertically)
yellow with outline red
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Z4 two diagonal strokes
yellow with outline red
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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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Aa2 pustule or gland ?
white with outline red and appendages green
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Aa11 doubtful (sometimes vertical)
blue
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Aa11 doubtful (sometimes vertical)
red
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Aa15 XVIII dyn. form of Aa13
red