Hatshepsut 𓄂𓏏𓀼𓏏𓏪 (Variant)

Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪! Today 𓏇𓇋𓈖𓇳 we are going to be looking at a variant of the birth name 𓂋𓈖 of the pharaoh 𓉐𓉻 “Hatshepsut 𓄂𓏏𓀼𓏏𓏪.”

While Hatshepsut’s full birth name 𓂋𓈖(𓇋𓏠𓈖𓎹𓏏𓄂𓀼𓏏𓏪) appears frequently in inscriptions 𓏟𓏛𓏥, many times variants of the name 𓂋𓈖 would appear because her full name was too long – like on the scarab 𓐍𓊪𓂋𓂋𓆣 in the picture! 

A variant is an alternative way to write a word or name 𓂋𓈖 in hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪! While the different variants would still be pronounced the same, they would be written with alternative symbols that have the same sound values. In the case of the  name 𓂋𓈖 of the pharaoh 𓉐𓉻, they would generally be shortened. 

Let’s take a look at this variant of Hatshepsut’s name: 

𓄂𓏏 – Foremost (h3t)

𓀼𓏏𓏪 – Noble Women (špss-wt)

This variant would just be pronounced as Hatshepsut (as we know her name most commonly), and translate to “Foremost of the Noble Women.” 

Here is a breakdown of the symbols, as I wrote in my previous post: 

The “forepart of lion 𓄂” symbol is an ideogram for the word “front” and “foremost.” It is associated with the sound “h3t” which would be pronounced like “hat.” 

The “flat loaf of bread 𓏏” is a uniliteral phonogram used to represent the sound “t.” Here it is a phonetic complement, makes the word feminine, or its own sound value. 

The “man on a chair with flail 𓀼” symbol has the sound of “špss” and it can be a determinative/ideogram for “noble.” 

The “three strokes 𓏪” symbol makes the word plural and has a phonetic value of “wt.”

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