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Hieroglyph from Ptolemy XV's nomen

Ptolemy XV

i͗wꜤ-pꜢ-nṯr-nti͗-nḥm stp-n-ptḥ i͗ri͗-mꜢꜤt-rꜤ sḫm-(Ꜥnḫ)-n-i͗mn — ptwlmys

Reign: 44 BC–30 BC
Dynasty: Ptolemaic Dynasty
Period: Ptolemaicc. 332 BC – 30 CE
Also known as: Caesarion

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Royal Names in Hieroglyphs

3 of 5 documented

Horus Name

ḥwnw“The youth”

2 sources

Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien, IV, 60b
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 246-247, 13c:H1

3 variants

Horus Name variant A

ḥwnw-nfr

The perfect youth

Horus Name variant B

ḥwnw-nfr bnr-mrwt

The perfect youth who is sweet of love

Horus Name variant C

kꜢ-nḫt i͗Ꜣḫw-stwt-rꜤ-i͗Ꜥḥ

The strong bull, shining like the beams of Ra and Iah

Prenomen (Throne Name)

i͗wꜤ-pꜢ-nṯr-nti͗-nḥm stp-n-ptḥ i͗ri͗-mꜢꜤt-rꜤ sḫm-(Ꜥnḫ)-n-i͗mn"The heir of the saviour god, chosen by Ptah, who brings forth the Maat of Ra, the living image of Amun"

Nomen (Birth Name)

ptwlmys"Ptolemy"

2 sources

Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien, IV, 60b
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 246-247, 13c:E1

6 variants

Nomen (Birth Name) variant A

ptwlmys Ꜥnḫ-ḏt mri͗-ptḥ-Ꜣst

Ptolemy, living forever, beloved of Ptah and Isis

Nomen (Birth Name) variant B

ptwlmys ḏd.tw-n.f kysrs

Ptolemy, (also) called Caesar

Nomen (Birth Name) variant C

ptwlmys ḏd.tw-n.f kysrs

Ptolemy called Caesar

Nomen (Birth Name) variant D

ptwlmys ḏd-tw kysrs Ꜥnḫ-ḏt mri͗-ptḥ-Ꜣst

Ptolemy called Caesar, living forever, beloved of Ptah and Isis

Nomen (Birth Name) variant E

kysrs Ꜥnḫ-ḏt mri͗-ptḥ-Ꜣst

Caesar, living forever, beloved of Ptah and Isis

Nomen (Birth Name) variant F

kysrs

Caesar

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