The number of the notes corresponds to the
page number and note number seperated by a period.
Page One
1.1
- The Stela
of Ahmose, Egypt, New Kingdom, early Dynasty
18, 1570-1504 B.C.,
Painted limestone, 191/2 x 115/8 in. (49.5
x 29.5 cm): Boston Museum
of Fine Arts
Seated in a carved chair, Ahmose, chief of metalworkers, is honored by members of his family with written prayers for the well-being of his spirit and offerings of food and flowers. Beside him sits his wife, Werel, resting her hand on his shoulder; his son Meny (called "true of voice") recites a prayer, his arm raised in a gesture of invocation.
Lively details bring a sense of ordinary human
experience to this ritualized image: the boy Tjer sniffs a lotus flower
as he crouches beside his father's chair; one of the kneeling women turns
to offer her companion a piece of fruit. This stela (a carved stone slab)
was probably placed in Ahmose's tomb chapel, and the hieroglyphic text
at the bottom is an offering formula that visitors recited for the benefit
of his spirit.
1.2
- This is a
statement is referred to as Spell 807 in the Coffin Texts.
These Hieroglyphs were generated by an online progrm located at Hieroglyphs.net
1.3
- These Hieroglyphs
were generated by an online progrm located at Hieroglyphs.net
Page Two
2.1
- In this image
Horus
is depicted as a man with the head of a falcon, wearing the costume of
a king and the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. In this picture,
he leads the soul of the scribe Ani
into the presence of Osiris [who has been cropped out of this picture].
This image comes from The
Pyparus
of Ani which comprises a significant part
of "The Book of Coming Forth by Day"
[Commonly mistakenly named in modern western culture as "The Book of the
Dead"]. The Papyrus of Ani dates from the 19th dynasty (ca. 1250BC?)
and was placed in the tomb of this "Scribe and Accountant of the Offerings
of All the Gods." to provide him with the hymns, prayers, and spells he
would need to survive the dangers of
the next life. and . The Book of Coming Forth by Day in truth is
a collection of written works spanning many
centuries, in much the same way as the Christian
Bible.
Image courtesy of Planet Art.
Page Three
3.1 - Golden Bracelet from an unidentified source.
3.2 - These Hieroglyphs were generated by an online progrm located at Hieroglyphs.net
3.3 - This note is not in place yet.
3.4
- This note
is not in place yet.
Page Four
4.1 - This picture of The Commemorative Stele of Ramesses II shows two of the king's five titulary names. The Shenu to the left contains the "Praenomen" or "King of Upper and Lower Egypt name" [This was the name given upon the king's accession to the throne.] while the Shenu to the right contains the "Nomen" or "Son of Ra" name [This was the name given at birth.]
This picture was found at Serge Rosmorduc's web site at the following address: http://webperso.iut.univ-paris8.fr/~rosmord/AlbumE.html
4.2
- Mentuhotep's
statute can be found at the Cairo Museum, and this picturte came from an
unidentified
source.
Page Five
5.1
Posted by by Giancarlo Negro, Oct 19+23 '00
at http://www.oocities.org/TimesSquare/Alley/4482/LDG.html
5.2 
This inlaid pectoral amulet was also found in the tomb of King Tutankhamen.
Notice the position of the wings, legs, claws and tail feathers here as
compared to the Hrw / xpr. Also notice that both this Hrw and the
Hrw / xpr both hold a “Sn” in each claw.
There is a “ra” disc on the head of the Hrw,
which is the topical highest position of the image. And on the other pectoral,
the “ra” disc is above the “wDAt” and is the topical highest point of the
image. It is also interesting to speculate whether the forelegs of
the Hrw / xpr are meant to form a “ra” disc at the top of the Hrw / xpr.
5.3 
The wDAt of the left eye of Hrw represents the moon, while the right eye
of Hrw, is the sun, the principle light; the right eye here is framed by
iart, wearing the red crown of lower Kemet and “nxbt”, the vulture goddess,
weargin the white crown of upper Kemet with the ostrich plumes associated
with Osiris. This pectoral was also found in King Tutankhamen's tomb.
Both the image of the Hrw and the Solar Eye of Hrw are copyrighted
to Guardian’s Egypt Page - Guardian's Egypt
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5.4
While I used "zi.t" for woman, here, it is just as often written as "hm.t"
which is the same word for wife [as shown in the middle graphic on the
second row].
5.5 There is a "t" [loaf] in the word father, as well as an "f" [horned viper] that is not usually pronounced by Egyptologists. Do not interpret the presence of the "t" to indicate female gender of the word. James P. Allen believes that the "f" is a determinative, while others believe that it is "morphed" from the concept of referring to "his father" in certain religious contextx. Still others have thought that the "f" was present to prevent confusing this with a word in the female gender.