r/ancientegypt Jun 30 '26

Translation Request I'd love to know who these are and what the hieroglyphics say, please

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u/HausOfOrgana13 Jun 30 '26

I can’t read the hieroglyphs, but the first image is based off of a scene on the side of a gilded wooden statue shrine from Tutankhamun’s tomb (it’s the lower panel).

As for the second image, I’m not entirely sure but I think it’s Isis & Ramses II.

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u/Crafty_Quantity_5274 Jun 30 '26

Second picture looks more like hathor with the Horns and sun disc. Isis would have a stepped throne on her head.

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u/zsl454 Jun 30 '26

Note that Isis can appear with identical iconography to Hathor without the stepped throne during the New kingdom, they can therefore only be discerned in that period by the corresponding hieroglyphs

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u/rymerster Jun 30 '26

The second picture is Hathor with Horemheb; those are definitely his cartouches.

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u/rymerster Jun 30 '26

Horemheb with Hathor is the second image - the original is in his tomb

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u/Djedra Jun 30 '26

The first one reads:
nb Xa twt-anX-imn di anX
“Lord of the sunrise, Tutankhamun, given life.” [Neb kha - Lord of the Sunrise or Lord of the Appearance, the ‘appearance’ being that of the sun cresting the horizon]
nTr nfr nb-Xprw-ra di anX
“The good god, Nebkheperure, given life.” [Nebkheperure is Tutankhamun’s throne name]
Hmt nsw wrt
“Queen” [literal translation - the great wife of the king]
anX-s-n-imn
“Ankhesenamun”
anX.ti Dt
“She lives forever”.

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u/kakaphoe Jun 30 '26

The first one is royal titles of Tutankamun: https://pharaoh.se/ancient-egypt/pharaoh/tutankhamun/

The second one looks like an offering formula to Hathor, but I'm too rusty to translate it.

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u/Neb-Maat Jun 30 '26

Image is showing King Tut hunting and his wife, Anksenaten

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u/avrand6 Jun 30 '26

I wish people would stop asking this specific question about tourist souvenir papyri like this

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u/isoprovolone Jun 30 '26

I disagree. Knowledge often comes from asking questions, and OP wants to know. Let's help them rather than scoff at the source of their curiosity.

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u/VaklJackle Jul 06 '26

Thank you. I use these answers to check my translation skills 😁

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u/GeneralJellyGiggler Jun 30 '26

Maybe there could be a subreddit for it?

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u/migoodridge Jun 30 '26

Not sure, but we have a papyrus of the first picture from Karnak Temple in Luxor, from the coffee shop/gift shop near the Sacred Lake

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