π₯ is an extremely common title that is seen across many different types of monuments across Egypt ππ ππ and museums around the world. A title is a phrase that appears before a cartouche, which is the oval that encloses the name ππ of a pharaoh ππ».
This gorgeous π€ and colorful sunken relief of the phrase π₯ comes from the King List that is currently located in the British Museum. I love it when ancient works of art retain their color, because it allows us to see the art as the ancient Egyptians πππππͺ themselves saw it. The blue ππΉππΏπΈπ₯ and yellow paint is so bright and beautiful π€!
π₯ can either be translated as βHe of the Sedge and the Beeβ or more simply βKing of Upper and Lower Egypt.β
π (a sedge) is the symbol that is used to represent Upper Egypt, while the π€ (bee) is the symbol that is used to represent Lower Egypt.
π₯ is such a common phrase and you can find it everywhere – if you know how to recognize it, you can really impress people (and most importantly, yourself) in museums! Since the titles appear so often in sculpture, they are a great way to practice reading hieroglyphs πΉππͺ because you see them over and over again! I didnβt learn over night – it took years of practice for me to be able to read hieroglyphs πΉππͺ with the ease I do now!
