π«π£ – βBe Happy, βHappiness,β βBe Cheerful,β βJoy,β – or in Middle Egyptian, βWide Heart.βΒ
π€πππ ±πππ – How beautiful is this piece!? While this piece of jewelry may be unassuming to most who walk past it in the galleries as it is very small πππ΄π ©, it carries such a universal message that has permeated for thousands of years – Happiness π«π£! I LOVE how the actual Middle Egyptian version of the word is βWide Heartβ – I think it carries so much meaning in such a little phrase. βAncient Egypt makes my heart wideβ sounds cooler than βAncient Egypt brings me joy/happinessβ
I always love seeing Happiness/Joy π«π£ written on objects because that is exactly how I felt when I was in a museum and looking at Egyptian artifacts with my Nonno. The only emotion I could feel at the time was joy π«π£ and I was so lucky. I would do anything to go to a museum with my Nonno and experience those emotions again. While I do feel immense joy π«π£ in museums now, thereβs always a sadness to it as well because I truly miss my Nonno more than anything. I would love a piece like this as a necklace – sometimes we all need a reminder to find joy π«π£!
π«π£π, π«ππ£πΊ, and π«π£πΊ are all common variants of the word, that I have seen many times in inscriptions πππ₯ too!
This beautiful π€ clasp belonged to the princess Sithathoryunet, who is thought to be the daughter π π of the 12th Dynasty (c. 1887β1813 B.C.E) Pharaoh ππ» Senwosret II ππ΄ππππ. She is thought to be his daughter π π because her tomb ππ«ππ is linked to his. Flinders Petrie was actually the one to discover her tomb ππ«ππ. Despite being robbed in antiquity, the tomb robbers left a chest full of beautiful π€ jewelry behind! The clasp is made out of gold ππππ and carnelian, which is a stone with a red color. I will speak more about the jewelry in future posts, it is is so beautiful π€ and I love jewelry!
Since I shared what makes me happy π«π£, Iβd love to hear from all π of you! Share something that makes you happy/your heart wide π«π£!