Letโs read some Hieroglyphs ๐น๐๐ช!
Today ๐๐๐๐ณ we are going to look at one of the many cartouches ๐ ๐๐๐ท๐ฆ of Rameses II ๐ณ๐๐ง๐ณ๐๐! This time, we are going to look at his birth name cartouche ๐ ๐๐๐ท, which is the name ๐๐ that he was given when he was born!ย
The name ๐๐ โRamessu Mery Amun ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ด๐โ translates to โRa has fashioned him, beloved of Amun.โ The name ๐๐ could also be translated as โRa Bore Him, Beloved of Amun.โ
Letโs look at the name ๐๐ more closely! The names of the gods ๐น๐น๐น are written first due to honorific transposition!
๐ฉ – Amun
๐ – Ra
๐ – Beloved
๐๐ด๐ – Bore Him/Fashioned Him/Born Of
Letโs break down each of the symbols:
The โfalcon with the sun disc ๐โ symbol is both a determinative and ideogram for โRa.โ
The โAmun figure ๐ฉโ symbol is both a determinative and ideogram for โAmun.โ
The โcanal ๐โ symbol is a biliteral phonogram for the sound โmrโ and can also be โshorthandโ for the word โmeryโ which means beloved.
The โthree fox skins ๐โ symbol is a biliteral phonogram for the sounds โms.โ
The โfolded cloth ๐ดโ symbol is a uniliteral phonogram for the sound โs.โ
The โsedge ๐โ symbol can be a biliteral phonogram, ideogram (for sedge) and determinative (for king), but here it is representing the sound โsw.โ
Rameses IIโs birth name cartouche has many variants and can also be written like this: ๐๐ ๐๐๐ณ๐บ๐๐ด๐. Certain symbols can be substituted for each other because ๐๐ ๐ and ๐ฉ both mean Amun ๐ and ๐ณ๐บ both mean Ra.
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