Ancient egyptian cartouche of Thutmose III, Karnak, Egypt.

In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a cartouche is an oblong enclosure with a horizontal line at one end, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name, coming into use during the beginning of the Fourth Dynasty under Pharaoh Sneferu. The Ancient Egyptian word for it was shenu, and it was essentially an expanded shen ring. Of the five royal titularies it was the throne name, also referred to as prenomen, and the "Son of Re" titulary, the so-called nomen, i.e. the name given at birth, which were enclosed by a cartouche.^[1] Cartouche has more than one meaning: cartouche, an oblong Egyptian hieroglyphs enclosure Cartouche was the nickname of Louis Dominique Bourguignon, a criminal of the 18th century Cartouche (film) (1962), a French film about Louis Dominique Bourguignon Cartouche, a song Blackmores Night from their 2003 album Ghost of a Rose... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 402 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1409 × 2100 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 402 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1409 × 2100 pixel, file size: 1. ... Menkheperre Lasting is the Manifestation of Re[1] Nomen Thutmose Neferkheperu Thoth is born, beautiful of forms Horus name Kanakht Khaemwaset Mighty Bull, Arising in Thebes Nebty name Wahnesytmireempet Enduring in kingship like Re in heaven Golden Horus Sekhempahtydsejerkhaw Powerful of strength, holy of diadems Consort(s) Hatshepsut-Meryetre, Nebtu... Map of Karnak, showing major temple complexes Interior of Temple First pylon of precinct of Amun viewed from the west A picture taken by Francis Frith in 1856, of a Hall of Collums in Karnak, Egypt. ... It has been suggested that Hieroglyph (French Wiki article) be merged into this article or section. ... The Fourth dynasty of Egypt was the second of the four dynasties considered forming the Old Kingdom. ... Sneferu He of Beauty[1] Horus name Neb-maat[2] Nebty name Neb-maat-nebty[2] Golden Horus Bik-nub[2] Consort(s) Hetepheres I Issues Khufu Father Huni Mother Meresankh I Died 2589 BC Major Monuments Bent Pyramid, Red Pyramid Sneferu, also spelt as Snefru or Snofru (in Greek... Spoken in: Ancient Egypt Language extinction: evolved into Demotic by 600 BC, into Coptic by AD 200, and was extinct by the 17th century Language family: Afro-Asiatic  Egyptian  Writing system: hieroglyphs, cursive hieroglyphs, hieratic, and demotic (later, occasionally Arabic script in government translations) Language codes ISO 639-1: none... Horus, (Louvre Museum), Shen rings in his grasp A shen ring is a circle with a line at a tangent to it, which was used in Hieroglyphics as a stylised loop of a rope. ...

Etymology

It is said that the label cartouche was first applied by soldiers who fancied that the symbol they saw so frequently repeated on the pharaonic ruins they encountered resembled a gun cartridge (cartouche in French).^[2] Rimmed, centerfire . ...

In demotic, the cartouche was reduced to a pair of parentheses and a vertical line. Demotic (from δημοτικά dimotika popular) refers to both the ancient Egyptian script derived from northern forms of hieratic used in the Delta, as well as the stage of the Egyptian language following Late Egyptian and preceding Coptic. ...

References

• James Peter Allen, Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, Cambridge University Press 2000
• Jon Manchip White, Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt, Courier Dover 2002

Footnotes

1. ^ Allen, op.cit., p.65
2. ^ White, op.cit., p.175

External links

• List of all Egyptian Cartouches
• Cartouche-inscribed Object. Cosmetic palette, Egypt, burial V21, Abydos. (Click on picture.)
• Cartouche The site is offering your own cartouche pendant with names translated to hieroglyphics.