Can I get a translation of this inscription? Or at least as much as you can read easily given the state of it. Any help is greatly appreciated.

I recognize a few symbols but can’t interpret the rest.

Would really appreciate some help

Is coptic the only stage of the egyptian language that has vowels? and is it the only stage that we know how to pronounce?

What evidence suggest the city of Tanis is the biblical city of Zoan? I see it from Google sources, but can't find a connection that points to the two locations being related.

Images of papyrus copies from when I was 10, 12, and my current age (21). These papyri are part of a "library" of Egyptian papyrus copies that I made at home..

21y

12y - Same

10y - Same (I didn’t know how to write in hieroglyphs. I just invented some.)

21y - BD Hunefer, Plate 1.

10y - Same

A few handmade copies of papyri.

Howdy folks! I am homebrewing a faction inspired by ancient Egypt for a wargame I play, and as mentioned in the title, I am looking for advice/insight as to terms or words Egyptians would have used for military titles or roles, magical terminology, and terms relating to the stars/the heavens. Here are some examples of words that I would be looking to translate:

• Warrior
• Sergeant/Captain
• General/Leader
• Cavalry/Horseman/Charioteer
• Archer
• Bodyguard
• Elite
• Mercenary
• Magician
• Oracle
• Sun
• Moon
• Stars
• Dawn
• Dusk
• Magic
• Power

Any insight you can provide in this matter would be greatly appreciated! Thank you for your time.

Edit: Resolved. I had forgotten about the tripling of signs for plurality.

I hope you're all well. I've been studying Coptic for three years, and recently started auditing a Middle Egyptian class which uses Hoch's textbook. In the seventh lesson homework, a nswt-bỉtỉ name is given which is spelled R5 (sun) S12 (gold) and then a cluster of three D28s (raised arms). I suspect that the name is not Rꜥ-nbw-kꜣ-kꜣ-kꜣ (or Nbw-kꜣ-kꜣ-kꜣ-Rꜥ), but I don't know what to do with that triple-D28. My approach for looking up signs so far has been that I've memorised the general order of categories in Gardiner's list, I try to guess at what I'm looking at, then I look for it in Hoch's sign list. I look at the sign list in the back of Allen's textbook when Hoch fails me. This is the first time I've been unable to find something. For people with more advice in hieroglyphic education: What next steps might I take? Is there a smarter way to look up signs?

I wanna build an ancient Egyptian kingdom or whatever it’s called in mc so I’m looking for suggestions.

Edit: if ur not gonna help pls don’t comment. And I’ve already asked google before posting this and already got some suggestions so looking for more thx 😀

Edit: I’ve already looked it up on wiki.

Looking for help with the following glyphs. Top row is original with corrections on the right. Bottom is my work. The yellow highlighted lacunes are (hopefully) corresponding with the right boxes in the top.

https://preview.redd.it/hst4i4gwds0e1.png?width=1929&format=png&auto=webp&s=e7ec37d891bede1ea4ba35c3b78bfe6840dd2941

Hi! I’ve been writing a comic book for ages but I don’t love all of the character names, was hoping some folks in here could help me get a better understanding of older Afro-Asiatic languages, my story is set in a fictional world during a time inspired by Ancient Egypt, old idea my dad and I came up with when I was a kid that I’ve started revisiting and I really don’t know much about the related culture so I’ve been dipping my toes into research

So like, any fun word suggestions? I know Ancient Egyptian we are really just piecing together what it may have sounded like

Words like Night and Snow and other natural element kind of words, loud, light/bright, ancient, etc.

And then how might I modify those words to turn them into pronouns?

“Old One”

“Storm Bringer”

“Where the Snow Falls”

“Living Wind”

I probably sound super ignorant my apologies 😅

Is the “bring, to” a verb? Is “bring” a noun? or vice versa? Thank you very much

Hello, I’m planning to have a tattoo of the hieroglyphs for Sopdet (it was my late cat’s name) and I’ve done some research, but found many different spellings. I’m wondering which one is the best / most used ? Thx

Aviametrix has just released “Pharaoh Finder” a new iOS App to the App Store. This app is the easiest, quickest way to identify a Pharaoh from their cartouche, or Horus name, Nebty name, or Golden Horus name!

This comes up a lot in Reddit subs!

You don’t even have to know how to read hieroglyphs. Just recognize a few of the symbols in the inscribed name and drag & drop them in the App. The order does not matter!

The App includes over 320 Pharaohs, including the minor kings of the intermediate periods and includes all known attested variances of spelling. That’s over 2,200 names!

Check it out! There’s a seven day free trial. If you like it, then you can buy it for an unlimited use. No subscriptions, just a one-time buy!

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I'm working on translating (French to English) and transcribing glyphs. I'm having trouble finding these glyphs in Jsesh. Top is original; right is corrections. And bottom with red boxes the ones I'm struggling with.

So I tried to put the story of The Goose with the Golden Eggs (from Aesop) into middle Egyptian. The text I was working off of is here and is bolded below. I'd love to hear your opinions on it:

The Goose with the Golden Eggs

RꜤ.t ḥnꜥ swḥw.t-nbw

𓂋𓏏𓏤𓅬 𓎛𓈖𓂝𓋴𓅱𓎛𓏏𓆇𓏦 𓋞

A certain man had the good fortune

z pn nb rnn.t nfr.t [This man, a possesor of a good fortune,]

𓊃𓀀𓏤 𓊪𓈖 𓎟 𓂋𓈖𓈖𓏏𓁔 𓄤𓂋𓏏

to possess a goose that laid him a Golden Egg every day.

nb rꜤ.t wꜣḥ n.f swḥ.t-nbw m hrw nb [i.e. A possesor of a goose who lays to-him eggs of gold on every day]

𓎟 𓂋𓏏𓏤𓅬 𓎝𓎛𓏛 𓈖𓆑 𓋴𓅱𓎛𓏏𓆇 𓋞 𓅓 𓉔𓂋𓅱𓇳𓏤 𓎟

But dissatisfied with so slow an income,

nj ḥtp.n.f m špss wdf.y [i.e. he was not satisfied with the wealth that-is-delayed]

𓂜 𓊵𓏏𓊪𓆑 𓅓 𓀻𓋴𓋴𓏛 𓅱𓂧𓆑𓇌𓂻

and thinking to seize the whole treasure at once,

kꜣ.f ḫmt.f ḥꜣq špss nb m zp [imperfective "then he was planning" the looting of all the wealth at once]

𓎡𓄿𓆑 𓐍𓂸𓏏𓆑 𓇉𓄿𓈎𓂡 𓀻𓋴𓋴𓏛 𓎟 𓅓 𓈖𓊃𓊪𓊗

he killed the Goose; and cutting her open,

ẖdb.jn.f rꜤ.t kꜣ.f wgs.f sj [i.e. So he killed the goose, then he was gutting her]

𓄡𓂧𓃀𓀜𓇋𓈖𓆑 𓂋𓏏𓏤𓅬 𓎡𓄿𓆑 𓅱𓎼𓋴𓌪𓆑 𓋴𓏭

found her just what any other goose would be!

gm.jn.f ntt nts rꜤ.t ꜥšꜣ.t [i.e. So he found that she (was, A B sentence) an ordinary goose]

𓅠𓅓𓇋𓈖𓆑 𓈖𓏏𓏏 𓈖𓏏𓋴 𓂋𓏏𓏤𓅬 𓆈𓏏

In recent news, a Middle Kingdom lady's burial was found in Asyut:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-intricately-decorated-coffins-belonging-to-the-only-daughter-of-an-ancient-egyptian-governor-180985217/

A friend asked if I knew what her name meant. I said I did not as I'm just an amateur, but I would look it up. I first went to the Persons and Names of the MK database, guessing it was "jdj", and I quickly found it there, meaning "deaf". The word also means "senseless, dumb".

Oddly, the Persons and Names DB shows over a hundred people with that name!

https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/2/name/325

I thought "That's a weird name", so I looked very carefully at the picture of her coffin in the article, and sure enough, the top line of the end towards the camera ends with:

nb.t pr jdy mꜣꜥ ḫrw

"the lady of the house, Idi, justified"

and her name even has the cow's ear determinative (F21) as it should for the word "deaf".

Anyone know more about this (apparently fairly common) name and why someone would be named that? In a land of Nodjmets and Nofrets, it's a bit odd to see "Deaf". Even if someone earned the nickname in life, it would seem strange to take that name into eternity!

did the ancient egyptians have a word or term for “cheers” when toasting?

Hi everyone! I'm a big history geek, as well as a huge fan of Asterix. One of my favorite albums is Asterix and Cleopatra, where Cleopatra makes this dorky architect Numérobis (Edifis in English) construct a palace for Caesar in just three months just to prove Egypt is not decadent. Numérobis enlists the help of our indomitable Gaulish friends -- Astérix, Obélix, Panoramix, and the lovely dog Idéfix -- but it doesn't all go to plan. Numérobis' competitor Amonbofis (Artifis in English) and his henchman Tourvenis (Krukhut in English) seek to sabotage his efforts.

Numérobis (numéro bis meaning repeated street number as in 3, 3A, 3B). In English, Edifis.

Amonbofis (à mon beau-fils, to my son-in-law) and Tournevis (screwdriver). In English, Artifis and Krukhut.

Ptenisnet in English, not from Asterix and Cleopatra, but real fun character in Asterix the Legionary.

Ginfis (gin fizz), Caesar's spy. Mintjulep in English.

Tumehéris (tu me hérisses), Numérobis' ship captain. English name is Sethisbackup. Ship is Napadélis (n'a pas d'hélice) or Nastiupset.

Misenplis (Exlibris), Numérobis' scribe.

The whole joke behind the Egyptian names in Asterix is that they all end in "-is," like Anubis, Isis, Osiris, Apis, and Serapis. I'm no Egyptologist, but I know that's just the Greek rendition. The real Egyptian names are Inpu/Inpw, Rusat/Aset, Wesir/Wsjr, Hapu, and Wesir-hep -- respectively.

So that got me thinking, how would the French and English names of the Egyptian characters be transcribed in ACTUAL Egyptian? Again, the names are just pseudo-Hellenization, so what would names like "Numerobis" or "Courdetenis" have originally been written or pronounced like in Egyptian (assuming they're real names in the first place)? Is anyone willing to translate these names? I'll enjoy it! I've provided some images of the Egyptian characters btw. While we're at it, how about make a petition to translate Asterix into Ancient Egyptian? They've already done that with Classical Latin, so why not Egyptian? ;)>!​!<

Hi everyone! I'm a kemetic pagan and I wrote four short prayers for Khepri, Ra, Atum and Amun (for the four phases of the sun) that I painstakingly slowly translated with the coptic [dictionary](https://coptic-dictionary.org/) and [translator](https://www.coptictranslator.com). I started learning the language with Lambdin's book but I would really appreciate if any one could check if my translation seems wrong
Thanks in advance !

Texts:
Hail to you Khepri, in thy rising
Hail to you Khepri, for thy force
Who passes through the heavens in thy boat in the morning
Glory be to thee, thou that bringest life
Glory be to thee, thou that bringest light
Praise be to Khepri
Ⲭⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲉ Ϣⲟⲡⲉ ϩⲙⲡⲉⲕϭⲓⲛϣⲁ
Ⲭⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲉ Ϣⲟⲡⲉ ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲧⲉⲕϭⲟⲙ
Ⲡⲉⲧⲡⲁⲣⲁⲅⲉ ϩⲓⲧⲙⲡⲏⲩⲉ ϩⲙⲡⲉⲕϫⲟⲓ ⲙⲡⲛⲁⲩ ϩⲧⲟⲟⲩⲉ
Ⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲡⲉⲧϫⲡⲟ ⲙⲡⲱⲛϩ
Ⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲡⲉⲧϫⲡⲟ ⲙⲡⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲛ
Ⲥⲙⲟⲩ Ϣⲟⲡⲉ

Hail to thee Ra, in thy triumphing
Hail to thee Ra, for your beauty
Who passes through the heavens in thy boat at noon
Glory be to thee, thou who grantest abundance
Glory be to thee, thou who grantest prosperity
Praise be to Ra
Ⲭⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲉ Ⲣⲏ ϩⲙⲡⲉⲕϫⲣⲟ
Ⲭⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲉ Ⲣⲏ ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲡⲉⲕⲥⲁ
Ⲡⲉⲧⲡⲁⲣⲁⲅⲉ ϩⲓⲧⲙⲡⲏⲩⲉ ϩⲙⲡⲉⲕϫⲟⲓ ⲙⲡⲛⲁⲩ ⲙⲙⲉⲉⲣⲉ
Ⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲡⲉⲧϯ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲉⲓ Ⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲡⲉⲧϯ ⲛⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ
Ⲥⲙⲟⲩ Ⲣⲏ

Hail to thee Atum, in thy setting
Hail to thee Atum, for your generosity
Who passes through the heavens in thy boat in the evening
Glory be to thee, thou who hast ended the Nun
Glory be to thee, thou who will end the world
Praise be to Atum
Ⲭⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲉ Ⲁⲧⲟⲩⲙ ϩⲙⲡⲉⲕϭⲓⲛϩⲱⲧⲡ
Ⲭⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲉ Ⲁⲧⲟⲩⲙ ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲣⲉϥϯ
Ⲡⲉⲧⲡⲁⲣⲁⲅⲉ ϩⲓⲧⲙⲡⲏⲩⲉ ϩⲙⲡⲉⲕϫⲟⲓ ⲙⲡⲛⲁⲩ ⲣⲟⲩϩⲉ
Ⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲡⲚⲟⲩⲛ
Ⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲡⲉⲛⲧϥⲛⲁϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲡⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ
Ⲥⲙⲟⲩ Ⲁⲧⲟⲩⲙ

Hail to thee Amun, in thy setting
Hail to thee Amun, for your charity
Who passes through the heavens in thy boat in the evening
Glory be to thee, thou who slayest the serpent
Glory be to thee, thou who slayest evil
Praise be to Amun
Ⲭⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲉ Ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ ϩⲙⲡⲉⲕⲕⲱⲡ
Ⲭⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲉ Ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲡⲉⲕⲕⲁⲣⲱϥ
Ⲡⲉⲧⲡⲁⲣⲁⲅⲉ ϩⲓⲧⲙⲡⲏⲩⲉ ϩⲙⲡⲉⲕϫⲟⲓ ⲙⲡⲛⲁⲩ ⲟⲩϣⲏ
Ⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲡⲉⲧⲕⲱⲛⲥ ⲙⲡϩⲟϥ
Ⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲡⲉⲧⲕⲱⲛⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲧϩⲟⲟⲩ
Ⲥⲙⲟⲩ Ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ

Hi, I bought this pencil in the museum shop from the Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy. I wonder what the hieroglyphs mean! Is someone able to translate this?