Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪!
On this relief from the remains of the Central Palace at Akhetaten 𓈌𓏏𓉐𓇋𓏏𓈖𓊖 (present day Tel el-Amarna), you can see Akhenaten 𓇋𓏏𓈖𓇳𓅜𓐍𓈖, Nefertiti 𓇋𓏏𓈖𓇳𓄤 𓄤 𓄤 𓄤 𓄤𓇍𓏏𓏭, and their daughter 𓅭𓏏 Meriaten 𓇋𓏏𓈖𓇳𓈘𓏏𓁐 praising the sun god, Aten 𓇋𓏏𓈖𓇳. The rays of the sun are depicted as hands giving the symbol of life, the ankh 𓋹, to the royal family.
Nefertiti’s cartouche appears twice on this relief. Let’s look at the inscription on the left! Some of it is missing, but I am going to infer the missing pieces:
𓇋𓏏𓈖𓇳𓈘𓏏𓁐 – Meriaten (the last two symbols of her name are seen in the inscription 𓏏𓁐) (this is my guess)
𓌺 – Beloved
𓄟𓋴𓈖 – Born of
𓇓𓏏𓏏𓈞 – King’s Great Wife
𓇋𓏏𓈖𓇳𓄤 𓄤 𓄤 𓄤 𓄤𓇍𓏏𓏭 – Neferneferuaten Nefertiti
𓋹𓍘 – May She Live!
𓆖 – Everlasting (eternity)
𓎛𓇳𓎛 – Eternity
So all together, the inscription reads: “Meriaten, born of the beloved King’s Great Wife Neferneferuaten Nefertiti, May she live for everlasting eternity.”
Nefertiti’s cartouche reads “Neferneferuaten Nefertiti” which pretty much translates to “Beauty is the Beauties of Aten, the beautiful one has come.” “𓄤” is a triliteral phonogram and translates to “nfr” (pronounced nefer) which means beauty or beautiful. This is actually the shorthand way to write “beautiful,” and the other way it appears in inscriptions 𓏟𓏛𓏥 is fully spelled out as “𓄤𓆑𓂋” – it’s still pronounced the same though as “𓆑 = f” and “𓂋 = r.”
Above her cartouche on the left side of the relief you can see her title “King’s Great Wife” 𓇓𓏏𓏏𓈞 – (ancient Egyptians had no word for queen). Pharaohs 𓉐𓉻𓏥 also usually had multiple wives, so this title denoted the “favorite” wife.
While both of the following words – 𓆖 and 𓎛𓇳𓎛 mean the word “eternity,” a lot of times they are seen together on inscriptions 𓏟𓏛𓏥! It would be silly to say “eternity eternity,” so Egyptologists translate this phrase as “𓆖𓎛𓇳𓎛 Everlasting Eternity.”
This relief is presently located at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology at UCL, London.