The 4500 Year Itch

Solution

The gardener found a strange sign on the Sphinx, but something was missing.

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Blue tile with hieroglyphs of a lower leg, a basket with a handle, and a mouth.

Blue tile with hieroglyphs of a lower leg, a mouth, and a ripple of water.

Blue tile with hieroglyphs of a basket with a handle, a mouth, a lower leg, and a ripple of water.

Blue tile with hieroglyphs of a basket with a handle, a mouth, a ripple of water, a hand, and an owl.

Blue tile with hieroglyph of an eye, followed by seven blanks. The last blank is surrounded by a pill which also contains two number signs.

Blue tile with hieroglyph of twisted flax, followed by nine blanks. The eighth blank is surrounded by a pill which also contains a number sign.

Blue tile with hieroglyph of two reeds, followed by six blanks, then another row of six blanks. The second blank overall is surrounded by a pill which also contains a number sign.

Blue tile with hieroglyphs of an owl, a basket with a handle, and two reeds.

Blue tile with hieroglyphs of an owl, a jar stand, and a ripple of water.

Blue tile with hieroglyphs of a horned viper, followed by five blanks. The first blank is surrounded by a pill which also contains a number sign.

Blue tile with hieroglyphs of an owl, a lower leg, a mouth, and a basket with a handle.

Blue tile with hieroglyphs of a ripple of water, a folded cloth, and a mouth.

Blue tile with hieroglyphs of a ripple of water, a bread loaf, a mouth, a cobra, and a ripple of water.

Blue tile with hieroglyph of a lion, followed by six blanks. The second blank is surrounded by a pill which also contains a number sign.

Blue tile with hieroglyphs of a reed mat, a basket with a handle, and a tethering rope.

Blue tile with hieroglyphs of a reed mat, a mouth, an owl, a hand, and a door bolt.

Blue tile with hieroglyphs of a basket with a handle, a quail chick, a mouth, a bread loaf, and a folded cloth.

Blue tile with hieroglyphs of a mouth and a tethering rope.

Blue tile with hieroglyphs of a folded cloth, a hand, and a bread loaf.

Blue tile with hieroglyphs of a folded cloth, a ripple of water, a hand, a rectangular pool of water, and a mouth.

Blue tile with hieroglyph of three ripples of water, followed by nine blanks. The fourth blank is surrounded by a pill which also contains two number signs.

Blue tile with hieroglyphs of a folded cloth, a mouth, a folded cloth, and a mouth.

Blue tile with hieroglyphs of a bread loaf, a reed mat, and a door bolt.

Blue tile with hieroglyphs of a quail chick, a mouth, a hand, a folded cloth, a folded cloth, a bread loaf, a mouth, and a door bolt.

𓃀𓎡𓂋	𓃀𓂋𓈖	𓎡𓂋𓃀𓈖	𓎡𓂋𓈖𓂧𓅓	𓂀: _ _ _ _ _ _ [_##]	𓎛: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [_#] _
𓇌: _ [_#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _	𓅓𓎡𓇌	𓅓𓎼𓈖	𓆑: [_#] _ _ _ _	𓅓𓃀𓂋𓎡	𓈖𓋴𓂋
𓈖𓏏𓂋𓆓𓈖	𓃭: _ [_#] _ _ _ _	𓊪𓎡𓍿	𓊪𓂋𓅓𓂧𓊃	𓎡𓅱𓂋𓏏𓋴	𓂋𓍿
𓋴𓂧𓏏	𓋴𓈖𓂧𓈙𓂋	𓈗: _ _ _ [_##] _ _ _ _ _	𓋴𓂋𓋴𓂋	𓏏𓊪𓊃	𓅱𓂋𓂧𓋴𓋴𓏏𓂋𓊃