Person on Throne (śep) great. The throne is a common symbol for greatness.
Chair Back (s) alphabetic phonetic. Here an initial complement to sep.
| Owl (em) | } | The two form emkhen, the preposition within. |
| Decapitate Figure (khen) |
Semicircle (tu) the. Feminine article.
Open Square (ha) house. The figure probably represents the ground plan of an ancient house.
Large Square (ha) temple. This square is not open, but it encloses a smaller square in one corner, and thus resembles a stamped envelope. The god or sacred bird that dwells in this temple is depicted within the square. On the third face of the obelisk, right lateral column, the goddess Athor or Hathor—literally the abode of Horus, thus implying that she was Horus’ mother—is represented by a large square, enclosing a hawk, the emblem of Horus. Within the square hieroglyph now under consideration will be noticed the figure of a bird somewhat defaced, probably the crane or phœnix. The square itself is perhaps the ground plan of a temple, or adytum of a temple. Thus the sentence means, “within the house, the temple of the phœnix.” Cooper thinks the bird depicted is the bennu, the sacred bird of Heliopolis, and that the temple of the bennu, called habennu, is the great temple of the sun at Heliopolis.
| “He is known as his son, a divine person. His limbs issuing in all places, according to his wish.” |
| Mouth (ru) | } | The two, ru-aten, equal known. |
| Circle (aten) |
Goose (sa) son.