Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)
Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 379
all the kings of Egypt, and we have thus thecomplete designation of each king. For ex-ample, Lord of an obedient people (first groupof two signs). Sun, guardian of justice andtruth, approved by Ra (oval containing title orprenomen). Son of the Sun (second group of bameses it. two signs). Beloved of… … 342 HANDBOOK OF ARCHAEOLOGY. their prenomen. The first sign of the oval, containing the title, isalways the disc of the sun, and this sign, as well as all the othersof ovals of this kind, is ikonographic or symbolic. In the ovalscontaining proper names, on the contrary, the signs are eitherentirely…
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