The Polychrome Hieroglyph Research Project

Université Libre de Bruxelles - Faculté de Philosophie et Sciences sociales

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Sekhentiyu and NeferseshemPtah - Saqqara - Dynasty V

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A1 seated man
red body, black hair, white apron
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A19 bent man leaning on stick
red body, black hair, white apron
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A50 man of rank seated on chair
red body, black hair and beard, white seat
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D4 eye
white, black edge, black iris
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D21 mouth
red outline, blue interior
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D28 arms extended so as to embrace?
red except in following words
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D28 arms extended so as to embrace?
orange only in following words
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D35 arms in gesture of negation
yellow, red outline
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D46 hand
red on white, red outline
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D58 foot
red on white
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D58 foot
orange
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E15 recumbent dog
black
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F1 head of ox (replaces E1 in offering formula)
white with black spots, horns with red outline
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F18 tusk of elephant (or metal spout?)
white, black outline and detail
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F30 water-skin
white, upper half and dots black
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F35 heart and windpipe
heart white, windpipe red, outline red
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F39 backbone with spinal cord issuing from it
yellow, outline red
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G1 Egyptian vulture
yellow face and beak, wings white with red dots, light blue tail, red outline
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G17 owl
yellow head wings and legs, white underside with black dots, black eyes, red detail
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G25 crested ibis
red head and beak, black crest, white body, red and black outlines
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G26* sacred ibis (without standard - rare)
black head and beak, red legs, white body, black outlines
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G29 jabiru
black head, white beak, white body, blue wings, red legs
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G39 pintail duck
white head, blue beak and wings, red legs
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G43 quail chick
yellow, black markings, red outline
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I1 lizard
yellow, black outline
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I9 horned viper
yellow, black horns, red outline
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I10 cobra in repose
yellow, red outline
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K1 a fish (tilapia)
white, blue scales and fins, red outline
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K2 a fish
white, blue scales and fins, red outline
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K3 a fish
white, blue scales and fins, red outline
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M4 palm branch stripped of leaves and notched
blue
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M13 stem of papyrus
leaf and rhizome light green, stalk red
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M17 flowering reed
light green, details and outline black
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M23 plant regarded as typical of Upper Egypt (M26?)
green, light green shadow at stalk and shoots
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M33 grains of corn
yellow, red or no outlines
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N25 sandy hill country over edge of green cultivation
yellow with red dots, green base, red outline
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N29 sandy hill slope
blue, black outline
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N31 road bordered by shrubs
yellow, black edges
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N33 grain of sand, pellet or like
white, red outline
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N35 ripple of water
black
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N35* three ripples of water
blue
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N42 well full of water (smooth surface)
blue, red outline
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O1 house
blue, black outline
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O4 reed shelter in fields
blue
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O7 rectangular enclosure - alternative form of O6 (XVIII dyn.)
outer line blue, inner white, red outline
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O8 combination of enclosure O7 and column O29
outer line and knife blue, inner white, red outline
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O10 combination of enclosure O6 and falcon G5
outer line and falcon blue, inner white
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O21
yellow, red details, black lashing on torus
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O34 bolt
red
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O50 circular threshing-floor covered with grain
yellow, red dots, red outline
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Q3 stool of reed matting
green, black details
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Q6 coffin (form variable)
yellow, red details and outline
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R4 loaf X2 on a reed mat
green mat and lashing, bread yellow, red detail
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R8 cloth wound on a pole, emblem of divinity
green pole and lashing, cloth yellow with red stripes
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R10 combination of divinity emblem and T28 and N29
highly polychrome - check
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S12 collar of beads
blue
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S29 folded cloth
white, red outline
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S29 folded cloth
orange
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S38 crook
yellow, red outline
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T20 harpoon (O.K. form)
blue
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T28 butcher's block
blue edges, red inner lines, white fill
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T33 knife sharpener as carried by butcher (O.K.)
blue, red outline
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U6 hoe
white, red outline
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U14 two branches of wood joined at one end (O.K.) (rudimentary plough?)
orange
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U36 club used by fullers in washing
blue
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V13 rope for tethering animals
green
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V23 whip (O.K. form of V22)
yellow, red outline
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V28 wick of twisted flax
green, black or no outline
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V29 swab made from a hank of fibre
green, black detail
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V30 wickerwork basket
green, black detail
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W13 red earthenware pot (O.K.)
blue
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W18 water-pots in a rack (O.K. form of W17)
lower part red, upper parts blue
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W19 milk-jug carried in a net
yellow, red details, inner side of cord grey
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X1 bread
blue
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X8 conical loaf (?)
black edges, white fill
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Y2 papyrus roll (O.K. form of Y1)
white, red lashing, blue knot
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Y3 scribe's outfit, consisting of palette, bag for pigments and reed-holder
black holder, white brush, bag and cord white with red outlines, palette green with two black bowls with yellow circles and black outlines
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Aa1 kind of sieve? Or maybe a placenta?
green with black details and outline
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Aa28 an instrument used by bricklayers ?
black with yellow edges
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Aa31 ornamental 'frise' (O.K. form of Aa30
yellow