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Let\u2019s read some hieroglyphs \ud80c\udeb9\ud80c\udf03\ud80c\udfea! Let\u2019s start at the right column, since the directional symbols point that way!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud80c\udda5 – King of Upper and Lower Egypt<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud80c\udef9 – Life<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud80d\udc1d – On<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud80c\udc67 – Maat<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud80c\udf9f\ud80c\uddff\ud80c\uddff – Lord of the Two Lands<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud80c\uddf3\ud80c\udd24\ud80c\udda3\ud80c\uddf3\ud80c\udfe6\ud80c\udf21\ud80c\ude16- Neferkheperura-waenre which means “Beautiful are the Forms\/Manifestations of Re, the Unique one of Re” (Akhenaten\u2019s throne name)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud80c\udfd9\ud80c\udef9 – Given Life<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now on to the left column! This first part is cut off, but it\u2019s probably a variant Nefertiti\u2019s title of \u201cKing\u2019s Great Wife, as you can see the ending of the word \u201c great \ud80c\udd69\ud80c\udc8b\ud80c\udfcf\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud80c\ude18\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\udd91 – His Beloved<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud80c\udd24\ud80c\udd24\ud80c\udd24\ud80c\udd24\ud80c\udd24\ud80c\uddcb\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\ude16\ud80c\uddf3\ud80c\udd24\ud80c\uddcd\ud80c\udf58\ud80c\udffb\ud80c\udc57 – Nefertiti (Neferneferuaten Nefertiti)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud80c\udef9\ud80c\udfcf – May She Live\/The Living<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud80c\udd96 – Everlasting\/Eternal\/Eternity<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud80c\udf9b\ud80c\uddf3\ud80c\udf9b – Eternity<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What always gets me is Akhenaten\u2019s throne name of \ud80c\uddf3\ud80c\udd24\ud80c\udda3\ud80c\uddf3\ud80c\udfe6\ud80c\udf21\ud80c\ude16- Neferkheperura-waenre. This particular spelling of the throne name is only seen after he changed his given name from Amenhotep IV \ud80c\uddcb\ud80c\udfe0\ud80c\ude16\ud80c\udeb5\ud80c\udeb9\ud80c\udefe\ud80c\udf00 to Akhenaten \ud80c\uddcb\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\ude16\ud80c\uddf3\ud80c\udd5c\ud80d\udc0d\ud80c\ude16. The original spelling, before the name \ud80c\udc8b\ud80c\ude16 change was \u201c\ud80c\udc5c\ud80c\udd24\ud80c\udda3\ud80c\udfe6\ud80c\uddf3\ud80c\udf21\ud80c\ude16.\u201d The name \ud80c\udc8b\ud80c\ude16 is still pronounced the same and has the same meaning, but the falcon glyph \ud80c\udc5c was changed to just the sun disc \ud80c\uddf3 (both pronounced Re\/Ra).\u00a0 Also, all of Akhenaten\u2019s \ud80c\uddcb\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\ude16\ud80c\uddf3\ud80c\udd5c\ud80d\udc0d\ud80c\ude16 other names (Horus name, etc) underwent a change, to remove the other deities \ud80c\udeb9\ud80c\udeb9\ud80c\udeb9, but this one didn\u2019t.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I wonder why Akhenaten \ud80c\uddcb\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\ude16\ud80c\uddf3\ud80c\udd5c\ud80d\udc0d\ud80c\ude16 didn\u2019t change the throne name (\ud80c\uddf3\ud80c\udd24\ud80c\udda3\ud80c\uddf3\ud80c\udfe6\ud80c\udf21\ud80c\ude16) to represent the Aten \ud80c\uddcb\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\ude16\ud80c\uddf3, just like how all of his other names \ud80c\udc8b\ud80c\ude16\ud80c\udfe6 were changed.\u00a0 Nefertiti\u2019s name also underwent a change; her name \ud80c\udc8b\ud80c\ude16 went from just Nefertiti \ud80c\udd24\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\uddcd\ud80c\udf58\ud80c\udc57 to Neferneferuaten Nefertiti \ud80c\udd24\ud80c\udd24\ud80c\udd24\ud80c\udd24\ud80c\udd24\ud80c\uddcb\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\ude16\ud80c\uddf3\ud80c\udd24\ud80c\uddcd\ud80c\udf58\ud80c\udffb\ud80c\udc57 around year 5 of Akhenaten\u2019s \ud80c\uddcb\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\ude16\ud80c\uddf3\ud80c\udd5e\ud80d\udc0d\ud80c\ude16 reign. Year 5 in the reign \ud80c\udefe\ud80c\ude0e\ud80c\udfcf of Akhenaten \ud80c\uddcb\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\ude16\ud80c\uddf3\ud80c\udd5e\ud80d\udc0d\ud80c\ude16 is significant, because that is when we see most of the changes to Atenism begin to take place. Year 5 is when Aten \ud80c\uddcb\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\ude16\ud80c\uddf3 became the supreme and only god \ud80c\udeb9, and the other deities \ud80c\udeb9\ud80c\udeb9\ud80c\udeb9 could not be worshipped \ud80c\uddfc\ud80c\udd3f\ud80c\udc22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since this piece contains the \u201cupdated\u201d version of Akhenaten\u2019s \ud80c\uddcb\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\ude16\ud80c\uddf3\ud80c\udd5c\ud80d\udc0d\ud80c\ude16 throne name and the longer version of Nefertiti\u2019s \ud80c\udd24\ud80c\udd24\ud80c\udd24\ud80c\udd24\ud80c\udd24\ud80c\uddcb\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\ude16\ud80c\uddf3\ud80c\udd24\ud80c\uddcd\ud80c\udf58\ud80c\udffb\ud80c\udc57 name \ud80c\udc8b\ud80c\ude16, we can assume that this piece was made during or after year 5 of Akhenaten\u2019s \ud80c\uddcb\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\ude16\ud80c\uddf3\ud80c\udd5c\ud80d\udc0d\ud80c\ude16 reign \ud80c\udefe\ud80c\ude0e\ud80c\udfcf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
While this may just seem like the broken fragment of a statue \ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\udd71\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\udc3e (and I guess it is), I love this piece at the MET because it contains the cartouches of Akhenaten \ud80c\uddcb\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\ude16\ud80c\uddf3\ud80c\udd5c\ud80d\udc0d\ud80c\ude16 and Nefertiti \ud80c\udd24\ud80c\udd24\ud80c\udd24\ud80c\udd24\ud80c\udd24\ud80c\uddcb\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\ude16\ud80c\uddf3\ud80c\udd24\ud80c\uddcd\ud80c\udf58\ud80c\udffb\ud80c\udc57!\u00a0 The Amarna Period, and the reign \ud80c\udefe\ud80c\ude0e\ud80c\udfcf of Akhenaten \ud80c\uddcb\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\ude16\ud80c\uddf3\ud80c\udd5c\ud80d\udc0d\ud80c\ude16 and Nefertiti \ud80c\udd24\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\uddcd\ud80c\udf58\ud80c\udc57 has always fascinated me, ever since […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,7],"tags":[14,81,16,18,17,73,12],"class_list":["post-1891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artifacts","category-hieroglyphs","tag-akhenaten","tag-amarna","tag-artifact","tag-hieroglyph-lessons","tag-hieroglyphs","tag-nefertiti","tag-the-met"],"yoast_head":"\n