mathew
Well-Known Member
The text next to the mummies face seems to be an actual semi-readable title string. It reads:
<sA knna> Hw.t Hm-nTr tpy Ii-m-Htp.
According to the glyphs it should be read right to left. However, the propmakers reversed the word order so that it reads from left to right. Retrograde writing does exist, but this is just wrong. In Egyptian the name would customarily come at the end of a title string.
Taking that into account it would actually say: " Imhotep, high priest of the temple of the son of Kenna. Written correctly: Hm-nTr tpy Hw.t sA knna Ii-m-Htp
The second and third photo show the name of Imhotep (in a different spelling from the first photo).
The scroll-box shows some upside down signs and non-existing signs. It is likely nonsense, but I can have a look later if you want.
<sA knna> Hw.t Hm-nTr tpy Ii-m-Htp.
According to the glyphs it should be read right to left. However, the propmakers reversed the word order so that it reads from left to right. Retrograde writing does exist, but this is just wrong. In Egyptian the name would customarily come at the end of a title string.
Taking that into account it would actually say: " Imhotep, high priest of the temple of the son of Kenna. Written correctly: Hm-nTr tpy Hw.t sA knna Ii-m-Htp
The second and third photo show the name of Imhotep (in a different spelling from the first photo).
The scroll-box shows some upside down signs and non-existing signs. It is likely nonsense, but I can have a look later if you want.