The_Letter_Museum_Rosetta_Cartouche
~: A Simple Reading of Egyptian Hieroglyphics :~
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The pattern below mirrors the inscription
on the last line of the hieroglyphic section.
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The writing on this tablet is a Royal Decree from Ptolemy V regarding
*the repeal of various taxes and instructions to erect statues in temples. *




.. and this pattern . =>
. ends the line. .



< = >
edge
BACK A reading of the cartouche is:




.......... Ptolemy :...... life forever;. Ptah's.... beloved.
This inscription . =>
gl-ori-fies. 'Ptah' .as:



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............ (the) . God . (who:) .makes [himself] manifest,
............ (as his) . every golden [deed] stays beautiful.
Some hieroglyphic patterns may be read
as a pattern of: . 'single letter sounds.'


<= ..Here, the 'lasso' {V4}
hieroglyph is added to "note"
the vowal in the written name
of the Pharoah: 'Ptolemy.'
(Dual: 'i i' = 'y')

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'The Nile, Notes for Travellers in Egypt,' by E. A. Wallis Budge, 9th Edition, London, Thos. Cook and Son, [1905].
...... http://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/trs/trs07.htm ...
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