Let’s Put it all Together!

These hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪 are from the sarcophagus 𓎟𓋹𓈖𓐍𓊭 of Nectanbo 𓇳𓆣𓂓, a pharaoh 𓉐𓉻 who ruled 𓋾 during the 30th Dynasty! The sarcophagus 𓎟𓋹𓈖𓐍𓊭 is at the British Museum!

I think it’s time we read a full inscription 𓏟𓏛𓏥! We have gone through some of the popular titles that accompany the cartouches of the pharaohs 𓉐𓉻𓏦, so let’s put it all together! We will start reading from the right, since the symbols point to the right!

Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪!

𓆥 – King of Upper and Lower Egypt
𓎟𓇿𓇿 – Lord of the Two Lands
𓇳𓆣𓂓 – Kheperkare (Nectanbo’s Throne Name)
𓅭𓇳 – Son of Ra
𓎟𓈍𓏥 – Lord of Appearances
𓈖𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂡𓃭𓆑 – Nectanbo (Nakht Nebef)

I hope you were able to recognize some of these phrases from previous posts! Keep practicing them! These titles come up frequently in inscriptions 𓏟𓏛𓏥! These were some of the first phrases I learned, and I was so proud when I was able to read a full inscription 𓏟𓏛𓏥 like this for the first time! I really studied cartouches too, and maybe we should do those next! The cartouches are another great way to learn phrases/symbols! Since I can’t help myself, let’s get started!

𓇳𓆣𓂓 Kheperkare (Nectanbo’s Throne Name) translates to “The manifestation of the soul is Ra.”

𓇳 – Ra
𓆣 – Manifestation (kheper)
𓂓 – Soul (ka)