Ancient Egyptian Horses' Hieroglyphic Names

"The great span of his majesty, 'Beloved of Amon,'
[followed by King Ramesses II's cartouche:]
Ramesses-Mery-Amun." fn

On a relief at the Ramesseum, these hieroglyphs above the horses' headdresses are written from right to left with the cartouch written vertically [whereas WikiHiero produces left to right horizontal glyphs]. fn

In glorious color, a reproduction of a "Colored engraving from Champollion's epic publication Monuments de l'Egypt (1835-47) shows Ramesses II in his chariot" fn in battle at Dapur.

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"The first great span which bore His Majesty, 'Beloved of Amun' from the great stable of Ramses II"

Above the backs of the horse team, called a 'span,' the hieroglyphs on this lower inscription at the Ramesseum fn replace the water sign with red crown for the letter N. Nice kingly affect. The inscription says: "The first great span which bore his majesty from the great stable of Ramses II, Ramesses-Mery-Amun."

The Prussian expedition led by Lepsius reconstructed the scene in great detail, overlooking, however, the lion heads on the king's horses. fn

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"Great first span of his majesty: 'Victory-in-Thebes,' of the great stable of 'Usermaatre-Setepenre-Beloved-of-Amun.'"

On another relief at the Ramesseum Ramesses II drives his chariot at Kadesh. Hieroglyphs over the horses' backs form one long line, reading from right to left. The WikiHiero glyphs read from left to right.

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"Great first span of his majesty: 'Victory-in-Thebes,' of the great stable of 'Usermaatre-Setepenre-Beloved-of-Amun.'"
Way(s) to type the above hieroglyphs into WikiHiero:

• E6:O29-N35:U36*A42:I9-N35:M3:Aa1*X1:D40-Z3-m*t-R19-M17-
  V28-N35:Z7:O1-O29V-<-N5-F12-C10 -N5:U21:N35->-M17-Y5:N35:N36!

1. Putnam, James, Egyptology, An Introduction to the History, Art and Culture of Ancient Egypt, 1995 [(C) 1990] Quintet Publishing Ltd, London.
   Page 15 reproduces these hieroglyphs in a relief from Champollion's Monuments de l'Egypt. The caption for Putnam's derivative illustration on P. 32 identifies the scene as: "Ramses II in his chariot attacks the Hittite fortress of Dapur, in Syria—reconstruction of a painted relief from the Ramesseum, Thebes, c. 1,270 BC."
2. Lepsius, Karl Richard, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien: Nach den Zeichnungen der von Seiner Majestät dem Könige von Preussen Friedrich Wilhelm IV nach diesen Ländern gesendeten und in den Jahren 1842-1845 ausgeführten wissenschaftlichen Expedition. ["Monuments of Egypt and Ethiopia"] Berlin, Nicolaische Buchhandlung, 1849-1859
   Republished at Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt