Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪!
Today 𓏇𓇋𓈖𓇳 we are going to be looking at an inscription 𓎘𓅱𓎖 that appears along the top line on a Middle Kingdom era coffin 𓋴𓅱𓎛𓏏𓆱! This phrase does appear pretty frequently across funerary equipment (stelae, coffin) so it is definitely a good one to know!
We will start reading the inscription 𓎘𓅱𓎖 on the right since the directional symbols point to the right!
This is the full phrase: 𓐍𓏏𓊵𓏦𓎟𓄤𓃂𓏏𓋹𓏏𓊹𓇋𓅓. Let’s break down each word!
𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏦𓎟 – Everything
𓄤 – Perfect/Beautiful/Good
𓃂𓏏 – Pure
𓋹𓏏 – Life/Live
𓊹 – God
𓇋𓅓- On (In, There, Among, etc.)
So all 𓎟 together 𓈖𓊗, the phrase translates to: “Everything perfect and pure which a god lives on.”
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