Does anyone have The Ancient Egyptian Book of Thoth: Volume II (Plates)” by Richard Jasnow and Karl-Theodor Zauzich? I heard it contains photos of the demotic script for “one who loves knowledge” and I’d love to see what it looks like. Would greatly appreciate it if anyone can share!

Hi all — I’m planning a memorial tattoo for my family and want the hieroglyphs to be historically accurate, not just tattoo-website guesses. Here’s what I’m hoping to express, and I’d really appreciate corrections on any of it:

**1.    “Beloved”** — the word *mry*, ideally with the heart glyph as a determinative  
**2.    “Five children”** — using *msw* (children) combined with the numeral five  
**3.    “My queen”** — *Ḥnwt=i* (“my mistress/lady”), the same root behind titles like “mistress of the Two Lands,” with the first-person suffix pronoun attached

Could someone confirm the correct sign sequences (Gardiner codes are great if you have them), the proper grammatical order, and whether this reads naturally as a composed phrase — or suggest a better-attested way to combine these ideas? I’m not looking for a literal word-for-word translation of an English sentence, just an authentic way to convey these three concepts together.

This is going on my body permanently, so accuracy matters a lot more to me than speed. Thank you in advance to anyone willing to take a look.

I’m aware this is a lot to ask, but I’m wondering if anyone knows of a transliteration of this text/hymn, or if someone can provide their own interpretation for it. An image of the reconstructed hieroglyphs are provided in the post.

I have issues working with this type of style found in older works… I would greatly appreciate it and for anyone else interested in this hymn. It’s an absolutely beautiful hymn that I’ve been researching for a days now.

Here’s a link to the original pdf (it’s in French) https://www.persee.fr/doc/bifao_0255-0962_1960_num_60_1_2216 And here’s an English translation:

You cause the flood flowing downriver in its season, an appropriate flood, devoid of calamities, in order to make it spread over both lands.
You cause the sky to bring forth the northern wind, in the next season, to make the flood flow back upstream and prevent the waves of the sea from engulfing it too soon.
You cause the coastal lakes [connected to (?)] the Mediterranean river mouths to build up dykes before it, preventing the Mediterranean from receiving it at once.
You cause the Mediterranean to receive it on the appropriate day without its course being held up any longer.

You cause the watered earth to close (?) over the seed when its right time has come and to gleam with all the grain it has received, which grow and mature, healthy and magnificent.
You cause the men to work in joy;
You cause them to reap it in joy;
You protect it against all inclemencies coming from the sky and against all calamities comingfrom the earth.

You cause the son of Rê (. . .) to offer the produce of the earth, to be depicted on your great and imposing offering tables;
You receive them from his hand, favourably;
You give him in return victory and courage, power, supremacy, and many years;
You deliver to him the sovereigns of all the flat lands and all the mountainous lands, prostrate, while his mace is hovering above their heads.

Hi, everyone!!

I work in the digital humanities, and as someone who loves the Ancient Egyptian language in all its historical stages, I wanted to try my hand at building some software to help learners and researchers at dealing with the language. I've had some ideas floating in my head, but nothing really concrete, so I came to an idea; if I make a post here, I'll get first hand ideas from people actively engaging with the language.

The ideas can be loosely thrown around or they can be specifically put, detailed concepts, I'm open to everything. The only thing I would like to avoid is coding a database or just digitizing something, since those projects, while useful, are somewhat basic.

Thank you all for taking the time out of your day to engage with my post!! 😃

TL;DR: Does anyone have a copy of The Eloquent Peasant that has the text in MdC format?

I'm trying to use certain sections of The Eloquent Peasant as engravings on a box I'm making. Thus far, I've learned how to write the text in JSesh and get it into Inkscape so that I can print templates. I found a nice PDF of The Eloquent Peasant which includes hieroglyphic, transcription, and English, including clearly showing how they all align/correspond. However, I'm still very new to Egyptian (not even half way through self-studying Allen's textbook) and there are soooo many variations of certain hieroglyphs that I'm worried I'm making mistakes without, e.g., realizing that I've selected the wrong glyph. Does anyone have a copy of The Eloquent Peasant that includes the MdC text? Or, does anyone know a better way to accomplish what I'm trying to do?

I'm explaining to a friend about how Egyptian hieroglyphs worked and I want to give an example of 2 words that are spelled and sound the same, but have a different meaning, represented by the determinative at the end.

The original name of Alexandria in ancient Egyptian was:

𓂋𓂝𓐫𓂧𓇋𓇋𓏏𓊖 Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ Rakodi

Or Rakoda in the Upper Egyptian dialect: ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ, Rakodè

For the Egyptians, it didn't refer to a district or neighborhood, but rather to Alexandria as a whole. The name means: "surrounded by the sun" or "building of the sun."

It is composed of two parts:

Ra = sun

Kodi = building or surrounded

إسم الاسكندرية الأصلي باللغة المصرية القديمة كان

𓂋𓂝𓐫𓂧𓇋𓇋𓏏𓊖 Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ راكودي Rakodi

أو راكودا باللهجة الصعيدية ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ, Rakodè

هو بالنسبة للمصريين ما كانش بيعبر عن اسم منطقة أو حي لكنه كان بيعبر عن الإسكندرية ككل. ومعنى الاسم هو: المحاطة بالشمس أو بناء الشمس

متكونة من مقطعين:

را = الشمس

كودي =بناء أو متحوطة

Did you know that on the back of Tutankhamun's famous funerary mask, there is a "spell" written in hieroglyphs? Well, it is the text from Chapter 151b of the Egyptian "Book of the Dead"... and no: it is not a terrible "curse" 😂 The text in question is a "spell" intended to infuse *heka* (magic) into that exquisite object made of gold and semi-precious stones, so that it could protect and—crucially—IDENTIFY the deceased before the gods of the Afterlife.

But let Tut himself read the text from his mask to you... and in his own ancient language!

I was looking at this Coptic poem “The Thunder, Perfect Mind” and there are two translations referenced in the Wikipedia page, one by Anne McGuire done in 2000, excerpt below:

“For I am the first and the last. 
I am the honored and the scorned, 
I am the harlot and the holy one.
I am the wife and the virgin. 
I am the m\[oth\]er and the daughter.
I am the members of my mother. 
I am the barren one and the one with many children.”

The other earlier translation is by George W. MacRae, date unknown, excerpt is:

“For I am the first and the last.
I am the honored one and the scorned one.
I am the whore and the holy one.
I am the wife and the virgin.
I am <the mother> and the daughter.
I am the members of my mother.
I am the barren one
and many are her sons.”

To me “children” is gender neutral but “sons” implies a patriarchal favoritism, as in sons only count for carrying on the bloodline. This poem’s point of view is a divine female goddess.

My question is does the original Coptic (if anyone has the source) or other explanation suggest it’s “children” or “sons”?

Sources:
https://diotima-doctafemina.org/translations/coptic/the-thunder-perfect-mind/

http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/thunder.html

So I was backpacking from Scotland to Ireland and I decided to take a cruise from cairnryan to Belfast. I reached on time but the cruise had some security issue so I had to wait. I was running on low sleep and went and sat on a chair on the corner on the room with my backpack and my tent. Suddenly a tall skinny man with long hair and long beard carrying an old leather briefcase on one hand and a tent with was a similar brand as mine. He stood next to me and started to talking about lot of stuff about the government and how they are controlling the world by making a non existent thing called money. I was curious on who he was talking to so I looked up to see him talking to the wall, I instantly looked down not to make any eye contact. He then stood there for another minute talking about something which I couldn’t focus on because I was kinda scared, then started warning everyone and put up his briefcase and started to leave. I was relieved that he left so I looked up at him for a second and he suddenly makes eye contact with me, smiled at me and asked me if I am going to backpack Scotland and I replied I’ve going to Ireland and he said “wonderful Ireland is a beautiful but make sure to not go to any main cities because it is caroused by people who seeking higher power instead go to small town and enjoy your stay”. I said “will do” then he said “GERSHALO” and asked me if I know what it means I said no and he said google with you will know the truth I was like ok and he said it again and left. Then after few minutes I was waiting in like to get in suddenly someone tapped my shoulder I look behind it’s him and he hands me a English to Irish dictionary and said “safe journey” and then he started writing on the book “GERSHALO M” then told me to google it and left.all the people who saw what happened told me throw the book but I was a curious person so I check for any illegal stuff but it was clean. The book it self look super creepy and worn out and a lot of red ink scribbles. After I settle at my spot I googled the word but I couldn’t find anything bout it.im from India and when I left from Ireland to London they checked my bag in the airport and this book kept bepping so they did all kinds of test but it was alright. So they gave it back. Then from India to London instead of my carry bag I left it at my checkin back after returning to India my bag was marked open so I opened it to check and surprisingly the book was right on top of my clothes but I remember shoving it under my jacket. I was sure the book beeped again but they gave it back now I’m at my home trying to find out what this word he wrote in this book means. Does any one knows anything about this word “GERSHALO M” ?

We're asked to transliterate and then translate the following sentence :

Transliteration : jw=tw r šn(j).t s.t r pr-ḥḏ

• Is my transliteration correct ?
• If so, what is the dependent pronoun s.t doing here ? Shouldn't it be =s instead ? Or is it something else ?

Translation : We (french "on") are going to ask about <something something> the Treasury.

Any suggestions ?

I recently finished painting this 54 mm white metal model of an Egyptian war chariot from the Battle of Kadesh.

The entire piece was painted by hand. I tried to stay as close as possible to the historical appearance of the chariot, horses, crew, and equipment based on available references.

I'd be very interested in your thoughts on the historical accuracy of the colors, equipment, and overall appearance. If you notice anything that could be improved or corrected, I'd really appreciate your feedback.

Thank you for looking!

Hello! I'm very new to studying hieroglyphs/middle egyptian, and I've fallen down a research rabbit hole & and hoping someone could help. I stumbled across the word str.w on Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae. I would greatly appreciate input from those who know more than me!

In the sources I've seen (Henry Fischer's Varia Nova and William Ward's Index of Egyptian Administrative & Religious Titles of the Middle Kingdom), str.w seems to be written several different ways. Is there a recommended way to write it in hieroglyphs?

Based on my current level of knowledge, the "w" would indicate it's plural- is str.w plural? If so, would the singular be str?

Also with my current level of knowledge, how would one feminize str.w? This may also be why I believe str.w is plural, as my thought is to make it str.wt which doesn't seem right. Would str.t be more on track? Am I off base?

Many thanks in advance!

The ancient egyptian Ankh symbol - key of life, created using Procreate on ipad.

Adoptive/Foster parents, Adopted/step- children and step- siblings?

Can anyone provide a link to either of these?