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Title: Thutmose III Scarab with translation
Post by: Danny S. Jones on May 06, 2021, 07:33:14 pm
This is my first attempt at translating hieroglyphics, so I welcome any corrections:

Scarab of Thutmoses III
HEIROGLYPHIC TRANSLATION
Cartouche of Thutmoses III:
𓇳 N5 SUN DISK – RA (THE GOD RA)
𓏠 Y5 SENET BOARD – MN (ENDURING ONE)
𓆣 L1 DUNG BEETLE -  KPR (MANIFESTATION)
Men-Kepper-Ra (The enduring manifestation of Ra) Royal throne name of Thutmoses III

𓆥 L2A BEE  AND SEDGE – NSWT-BJT (HE OF THE SEDGE AND THE BEE,   I.E. KING OF UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT)
Nisiwat-Bijat  (The Dual King, He of the Sedge and Bee, King of Upper and Lower Egypt)
    Praenomen of Pharaoh

𓎡 V31 BASKET W/HANDLE – K (LORD/MASTER/EVERYTHING)
𓏠 Y5 SENET BOARD – MN (ENDURING ONE)
𓈖 N35 WATER – N (OF/BY)
𓈃 N19 TWO SANDY TRACTS – TWY (THE TWO LANDS)
Men-ku-na-horakhty (The enduring Lord of the two lands)

𓈘 N36 CANAL – MR (BELOVED OF…)
𓎟 V30 BASKET – NB (LORD/MASTER/EVERYTHING/EVERY)
Mer-Neb (The Beloved of All)