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Temple of Ramses II (Abydos) - Abydos - Dynasty XIX


A40 seated god (curved beard and straight wig)
face red, wig blue, robe yellow

A40 seated god (curved beard and straight wig)
face red, wig blue, upper robe yellow, lower robe green

C11 god with arms supporting the sky (with M4 on head)
flesh red, wig blue, robe (and reed?) yellow

C126 goddess with diadem (modius) on head
diadem, head and wig faded, upper body yellow, robe red

D2 face
face yellow, hair and beard faded

D4 eye
outline faded (black?), iris red, eyeball white

D21 mouth
red

D28 arms extended so as to embrace?
red

D36 forearm
red

D37 forearm with hand holding X8
arm red, loaf yellow(? faded)

D40 forearm with hand holding stick (replaces A24)
arm red, stick yellow

D45 arm with hand holding the nehbet wand
arm red, wand green

D46 hand
red

D54 legs walking
red

D58 foot
red

D61 toes
red

F4 forepart of lion
yellow, markings red

F13 horns of ox
blue

F31 three foxes' skins tied together
skins green, knot red

F34 heart
red

F35 heart and windpipe
heart red, windpipe green

F40 portion of backbone with spinal cord issuing from both ends
vertebrae red, spinal cord green

F51 piece of flesh
red

G5 falcon
face and breast white, head and wing green, tip of tail red, feet yellow

G7A falcon with flagellum (G6) on standard (R12)
face and breast pale (faded?), head and wing green, tip of tail red, feet yellow, flagellum yellow, standard red

G17 owl
face and underparts white, wing and feet yellow

G26 sacred ibis on the standard R12
head neck and wing green, rest faded, standard red

G39 pintail duck
head and rump red, wing yellow, throat blue, breast white, feet yellow(?)

G43 quail chick
yellow, feet red

G45 combination of quail chick G43 and arm D36
chick yellow with red feet, arm red

G47 duckling
yellow

H8 egg
yellow

I9 horned viper
yellow, underbelly markings red, horns (faded) black?

L7 scorpion (modified for superstitious reasons)
yellow

M3 branch
red

M15 clump of papyrus with buds bent down
base red, stems blue (or green?), flowers yellow

M17 flowering reed
stem blue, leaf green

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

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

N1 sky
blue

N5 sun
red

N17 land - alternative form of N16
blue

N21 tongue of land
blue

N24 land marked out with irrigation runnels
runnels faded, fill red

N25 sandy hill country over edge of green cultivation
hills red, flat land green

N26 sand-covered mountain over edge of green cultivation
hills red, earth blue

N29 sandy hill slope
blue

N31 road bordered by shrubs
road green, border blue, shrubs green

O1 house
blue

O11 palace with battlements
walls and battlements yellow, upper triangle blue, lower triangle red, lower half two blue rectangles

O18 shrine seen from side
yellow

O34 bolt
red

O49 village with crossroads
ring blue, cross green

O50 circular threshing-floor covered with grain
outer ring blue(? faded), inner yellow with red markings

P30 boat, sacred bark (variation of P1)
boat yellow, cabin red, water blue

Q1 seat
blue

Q2 portable seat (sometimes reversed)
red, centre part white

Q3 stool of reed matting
matting green, cross pieces yellow

R8 cloth wound on a pole, emblem of divinity
flag and pole yellow, markings red

R12 standard for carrying religious symbols
red

R14 abbreviation of falcon on standard R13
semicircle and feather blue, cloth red

R18 wig with fillet and plumes on pole over irrigation channels N24 (variant of R17)
plumes green, wig alternate green and yellow, standard red, irrigation channels red(?)

R22 two fossil belemnites (?)
red

S23 knotted strips of cloth
loop green, flabella yellow, markings red

S29 folded cloth
red

S33 sandal
yellow, details red

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

S40 sceptre with straight shaft and head of Seth-animal (see too R19)
green

S42 sceptre of authority (various forms)
yellow

T32 combination of knife sharpener T31 and walking legs D54
sharpener green(?), legs red

U6 hoe
hoe red, rope yellow

U15 sledge
sledge red, rope yellow

U23 chisel (?)
handle blue, blade red

V28 wick of twisted flax
green

V30 wickerwork basket
green

V31 wickerwork basket with handle
basket green, handle yellow(?)

W9 stone jug with handle
lower half blue, upper half and handle red

W10 cup (probably also a basket - see A9)
yellow

W15 water-pot W14 with water pouring from it
vase yellow, water faded

W19 milk-jug carried in a net
jug red, rope and net yellow

W24 bowl
lower half blue, upper half red

X1 bread
blue

Y5 draught-board (game of senet)
board red, pieces faded

Z1 stroke (a wooden dowel?)
red

Z11 two planks crossed and joined
red

Aa1 kind of sieve? Or maybe a placenta?
green

Aa15 XVIII dyn. form of Aa13
red

Aa27 doubtful
red, centre white