Spot the Odd Ones Out!
I blame the British Museum‘s Egyptian collection, but thanks to them, I am now one of the few, I guess, who have their very own Egyptian frieze.
I wanted to tell a story in hieroglyphs, but the limited vocabulary on some hieroglyph web site meant that the same symbols appeared over and over again. I guess this is to be expected when telling a story of the King, who sneaks off to the Queen by the shine of the moon, and proceed telling what happens to King and Queen in her private chambers.
In the end, I decided to throw in some hieroglyphs entirely of my own invention. Which ones do you think are the odd ones out?
As always, click here (or the thumbnail) to reveal the complete picture. Note that the image shows the (almost) four meter piece taken apart into four 920mm long pieces; the real frieze is 3680mm long (but only 90mm high). The frieze starts at the left corner of the top section, continues through the middle sections and ends at the right corner of the bottom part.
The King and the Queen.
Oil on bamboo floorboards, 3680mm x 90mm, August 2008
I hope you like it.