This piece is named “God Horus Protecting King Nectanbo II.” Nectanbo II 𓁞𓁩𓋴𓇛𓄣𓏺𓍉𓈖 was the last pharaoh 𓉐𓉻 of the short lived 30th Dynasty and he made himself the focus of a religious cult called “Nectanbo the Falcon,” which was a merging of himself with the god 𓊹 Horus 𓅃𓀭. Horus 𓅃𓀭 was the god 𓊹 of kingship!
Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪!
There’s a small inscription at the base of the statue, and the inscription is a mirrored one – this means you start in the middle and read Middle to left or middle to right depending on the direction of the symbols! The “𓋹” is the middle so that is where we are going to start!
Middle to Left:
𓋹 – Life
𓆥 – King of Upper and Lower Egypt
𓁞𓁩𓋴𓇛𓄣𓏺𓍉𓈖 – Nectanbo II “Pleasing to the Heart of Ra, Chosen of Amun” (throne name)
𓁹𓊨𓊹𓉕𓅨𓂋- Osiris Mnevis
𓌻 – Beloved
Middle to Right:
𓋹 – Life
𓅭𓇳 – Son of Ra
𓁥X𓆇𓈘𓂡𓅃𓎳𓏏𓊖 – Nectanbo II “Nakht Hor Hebit” (birth name) [the X is a symbol I don’t have]
𓁹𓊨𓊹𓉕𓅨𓂋𓌻 – Osiris Mnevis
Interesting Interpretation of the Hieroglyphs:
What’s interesting about this inscription is that I can’t tell if it’s supposed to be “𓁹𓊨𓊹𓉕𓅨𓂋𓌻 Osiris Mnevis” or “Beloved of Osiris Mnevis” with “𓌻” being “beloved.” To me it makes more sense if it is “Beloved of Osiris Mnevis,” but I translated it both ways!
Osiris Mnevis 𓁹𓊨𓊹𓉕𓅨𓂋𓌻 is a combination of the gods Osiris 𓁹𓊨𓊹 and Mnevis 𓉕𓅨𓂋𓌻. Mnevis 𓉕𓅨𓂋. Mnevis 𓉕𓅨𓂋 was one of the Bull gods 𓊹𓊹𓊹 in ancient Egypt.
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