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Reading Hieroglyphs – Stela of Irethoreru

Let’s read some hieroglyphs π“ŠΉπ“Œƒπ“ͺ! 

Today π“‡π“‡‹π“ˆ–π“‡³ we are going to look at a stela π“Ž—π“…±π“†“π“‰Έ for a man π“Šƒπ“€€π“€ named Irethoreru and it is dated to the 25th Dynasty (Third Intermediate Period, c. 775-663 B.C.E.). I have posted about the full stela π“Ž—π“…±π“†“π“‰Έ in the past, but today π“‡π“‡‹π“ˆ–π“‡³ we are going to take a closer look at some of the inscriptions π“Ÿπ“›π“₯ on it! I like to highlight the titles/epithets associated with Gods π“ŠΉπ“ŠΉπ“ŠΉ and Goddesses π“ŠΉπ“ŠΉπ“ŠΉπ“, because they are inscriptions π“Ÿπ“›π“₯ that you can easily recognize a lot!Β 

Let’s read some hieroglyphs π“ŠΉπ“Œƒπ“ͺ! We are starting right underneath the solar disc!Β 

π“Ήπ“Š¨π“€­ – Osiris

π“‰Όπ“ŠΉ – Great God (this is actually written backwards and should be β€œπ“ŠΉπ“‰Όβ€)

π“ŽŸ – Lord

𓇯 – Sky

π“‹Ύ – Ruler

𓆖 – Eternity

All π“ŽŸ together π“ˆ–π“Š—, this reads: β€œOsiris, the Great God, Lord of the Sky, Ruler of Eternity.” β€œLord of the Sky π“ŽŸπ“‡―β€ is usually Amun’s π“‡‹π“ π“ˆ–π“€­ title, so it’s interesting to see it associated with Osiris π“Ήπ“Š¨π“€­ here! Also, β€œπ“‡―β€ can mean the word β€œabove,” as β€œsky” is more commonly written as β€œπ“Šͺ𓏏𓇯.” 

Here’s the next inscription: 

π“Š¨π“π“†‡ – Isis

π“…¨π“‚‹ – Great One

π“ŠΉπ“… – God’s Mother/Goddess

All π“ŽŸ together π“ˆ–π“Š—, this reads: β€œIsis, the Great One, the God’s Mother.” 

Next to each Uraeus 𓇋𓂝𓂋𓏏𓆗, the name π“‚‹π“ˆ– of the city β€œBehdet π“„‘π“‚§π“π“Š–β€ (modern day Edfu) is written. Behdet π“„‘π“‚§π“π“Š– is an Egyptian city π“Š–π“Ί in Upper Egypt 𓇓. Horus of the Winged Disc or β€œBehdetite” was the chief god π“ŠΉ of the city π“Š–π“Ί.