Ptah in Hieroglyphs

Here is a zoomed in view of an inscription 𓏟𓏛𓏥 with the name 𓂋𓈖 of the god 𓊹 Ptah 𓊪𓏏𓎛𓁱 from a large statue 𓄚𓈖𓏏𓏭𓀾 that originally belonged to the pharaoh 𓉐𓉻 Amenemhat II 𓇋𓏠𓈖𓅓𓄂𓏏, however, the statue 𓄚𓈖𓏏𓏭𓀾 was usurped by Rameses II 𓁩𓁛𓈘𓄟𓋴𓇓.

As we learned yesterday, Ptah 𓊪𓏏𓎛𓁱 was the chief god 𓊹 of Memphis 𓏠𓈖𓄤𓆑𓂋𓉴𓊖 and was considered a great protector of Egypt 𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖. In the Book of the Dead, Ptah 𓊪𓏏𓎛𓁱 is referred to as “The Master Architect,” and “Framer of Everything in the Universe” due to his role in “speaking” the world 𓇾𓇾 into creation!

Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪! Now, these two 𓏻 inscriptions 𓏟𓏛𓏥 are divided by a line because they are part of a larger text that is read downwards; they are not meant to be read together! However, I really wanted the closeup of Ptah’s 𓊪𓏏𓎛𓁱 name 𓂋𓈖, so we are going to read them this way from my picture 𓏏𓅱𓏏𓏦!

You probably know the first phrase already:
𓎟𓇿𓇿 – Lord of the Two Lands
(𓇳𓄊𓁧𓇳𓍉𓈖) – Rameses II (throne name Usermaatre)
𓊪𓏏𓎛𓁱 – Ptah
𓉼 – Great (then the inscription continues…)

Ptah 𓊪𓏏𓎛𓁱 can be written a couple of different ways in hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪, but the phonogram symbols are always the same. Sometimes, the determinative symbol is left out because of spacing issues! Once you can recognize the first three 𓏼 symbols, you are well on your way to finding Ptah’s name 𓂋𓈖 on monuments/artifacts!

Here are the different ways to write his name 𓂋𓈖:
𓊪𓏏𓎛𓁱
𓊪𓏏𓎛𓀭
𓊪𓏏𓎛𓁰
𓊪𓏏𓎛