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Beyond the Symbol: The Cultural Significance of New Kingdom Royal Monograms

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Museums and temples development

Abstract

Throughout the ancient Egyptian New Kingdom, royal monograms played a significant role in the kings' literary and artistic portrayal. The monogram was a creative and figurative application of hieroglyphs that portrayed the king's name or prenomen, expressing both phonetic pronunciations and more significant symbolic associations. The purpose of this study is to identify the royal monograms, which were represented as friezes and solitary monograms. The frieze monogram is portrayed on the temples' walls and the sacred barque shrines. Queen Hatshepsut was the first royal figure to utilize a monogram frieze on the walls of her temples at Deir el-Bahari and Madinet Habu, while King Horemheb was the first to depict his name as a monogram frieze on the shrines of sacred barques. The monogram friezes of the temples' walls were common during the Ramesside Period, especially the reigns of Seti I, Ramesses II, and Ramesses III. At the same time, solitary monograms were first introduced during the era of Queen Hatshepsut and became widespread during the reigns of Seti I, Ramesses II, and Ramesses III. The solitary monograms were also depicted as an offering to different deities. These monograms were not just a representation of the king's name but a statement of their divine rule and connection to the gods, which was critical in maintaining their power and influence over the people. They even became offerings to deities, emphasizing the intertwining of the king's identity with the divine.

DOI

10.21608/jaauth.2024.333094.1625

Keywords

Monogram, Royal, Rebus, Frieze, Maat

Authors

First Name

Manar

Last Name

Hamed

MiddleName

abou El- Fetouhyouh

Affiliation

Aboukir High institute for tourism, hotels and restoration, Alexandria

Email

manarhamid85@gmail.com

City

Alexandria

Orcid

28509260202621

Volume

27

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

48818

Issue Date

2024-12-01

Receive Date

2024-11-02

Publish Date

2024-12-01

Page Start

382

Page End

418

Print ISSN

1687-1863

Online ISSN

2682-4612

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396,849

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Original Article

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997

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Publication Title

Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality

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https://jaauth.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Beyond the Symbol: The Cultural Significance of New Kingdom Royal Monograms

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Article

Created At

24 Dec 2024