SCRIPTA · The History of Decipherment

My Name in a Cartouche

Ancient Egyptian scribes wrote foreign royal names
with 24 single-consonant (uniliteral) signs.
This is how Champollion deciphered the name of Cleopatra.

Romanization: CLEOPATRA

· Sign by sign ·

※ This is a scholarly transliteration, not actual Ancient Egyptian.

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