The Polychrome Hieroglyph Research Project

Université Libre de Bruxelles - Faculté de Philosophie et Sciences sociales

This page displays a list of all occurrences from a selected Monument. Occurrences with no image can still have a full description. Exemplars are indicated by a solid border. Click on the exemplar image to access the details.

Amenhotep III KV.22 - Valley of the Kings - Dynasty XVIII

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D4 eye
outline ,outline of iris and pupil dark blue, iris red-brown?, scelera white
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D19 nose, eye and cheek
white
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D21 mouth
red, fill white
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D58 foot
red

F23 foreleg of ox
leg red, hoof blue
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F34 heart
red, markings white
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F35 heart and windpipe
heart red, markings white, windpipe green
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G39 pintail duck
face and wing tips red, wings green, back blue, underparts white, legs red
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I9 horned viper
back and horns dark blue, underparts yellow
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I10 cobra in repose
top of head and back black, body yellow with markings red

L2 bee
outline, legs, antennae, abdomen stripes dark blue, fill yellow
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M17 flowering reed
stem blue, fronds green

M22 rush with shoots
green
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N1 sky
blue
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N5 sun
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
hills stippled in red, earth blue(?)
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N29 sandy hill slope
dark blue
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N35 ripple of water
dark blue

O10 combination of enclosure O6 and falcon G5
enclosure dark blue, door red, fill white, falcon blue(?) with tail, feet and top of head red
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O21
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O28 column with tenon on top
column blue with two apertures showing inside red column, continuing to loop and cross line, loop fill white
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O29 wooden column (also written vertically)
red
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O34 bolt
red

O48 building at Nekhen (alternative form of O47)
outer ring blue, strokes red, fill white
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O49 village with crossroads
ring and triangle outlines blue, fill with background colour (grey-blue)
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Q1 seat
dark blue
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Q3 stool of reed matting
matting green, horizontal bands yellow
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R4 loaf X2 on a reed mat
mat green, lashings yellow, loaf dark blue

R8 cloth wound on a pole, emblem of divinity
lower pole and tip of flag blue, upper pole and flag yellow with markings red
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R11 column indicating a bunch of stalks tied together
alternate bands of red, yellow and green, cross pieces yellow
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R14 abbreviation of falcon on standard R13
feather white with stem red, semi-circle blue, cloth red
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S29 folded cloth
red, fill white

S34 tie or strap, sandal strap, symbol of life
dark blue, fill white
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S38 crook
bands of red, yellow and blue
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S40 sceptre with straight shaft and head of Seth-animal (see too R19)
green

T4 mace T3 with a strap to pass around hand
mace head white, handle yellow with horizontal lines and outline red, strap white
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U33 pestle
red
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V30 wickerwork basket
green
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W10 cup (probably also a basket - see A9)
red

W17 water-pots in a rack (XII-XVIII dyn.)
base of pots and lower rack blue, upper pots and rack red
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W19 milk-jug carried in a net
rope and net yellow, pot red
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W24 bowl
dark blue
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X1 bread
dark blue

X8 conical loaf (?)
dark blue, fill white
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Z1 stroke (a wooden dowel?)
dark blue
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Z2 three strokes (also written 1 over 2 and vertically)
dark blue