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Subject: Re: REQ: ASCII of the Mask of King Tut - TIA
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On Tue, 02 Apr 2002 10:50:47 +0000, "Dominic R. Scales" <dominic.scales@aerosensing.de> wrote:

>LGB wrote:
>> 
>> Look up the mask some time ago and started on it but never finished.
>> This symbol also was with it. Would you happen to know what the
>> meaning is ?

<.-.> snip

>  that is a very nice rendition of Tutankhamuns Throne Name:
Thank you
>
>      neb kheperu Re   =   Lord of the Manifestations of Ra
>
>      .-.
>     ;   ;
>     |   |
>     |   |  Cartouche    =  no sound  = indicates a
>     |   |                   value      Royal Name
>     `._.'
>    ===W===
>     _____  
>     `._.'  basket       = neb        = Lord
>
>      \o/
>     -(|)-  Skarab       = kheper     = Manifestation
>      / \
>
>      |||   3 vertical   = u          = plural 
>            strokes                     marker        
>      .-.
>     '   `  sun disk     = Re         = Sun God Ra 
>     `._.'
>
>  Sign order was changed by the Ancient Egyptians for various reasons:
>    - Ra is named first, because he is a diety
>    - the Skarab and the basket are interchanged because 
>        a, the Skarabis a holy animal
>        b, it looks much nicer that way

Thank you again

>  (Don't you just love Egyptian orthography, where it's right if it looks right...)
                                             ^----------------------------------^
It is rather confusing. Total dis - com - boo - ber - ation then it starts 
to make a little sense from a differant view point.

Then

      .-.
     ( o >
    .' )\
  .' .' |
 <_.' .'
   \  \

   .-.
  < o )
   /( '.
   | '. '.
    '. '._>
     /  / 

:) 

lgbeard