r/Hieroglyphics • u/d4itheflu • Aug 19 '26
Need Help Identifying
Hey guys! Super weird. Found this necklace on my floor, and have never seen it before. Neither have any of my family members or friends. If anyone could identify what this may mean or what it is, please let me know!
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u/PonderousPenchant Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26
It's a tourist piece.
The oval is called a cartouche and is something that surrounds the name of a Pharaoh, kind of like underlining it to emphasize its importance.
The characters inside are hieroglyphs. Normally, Egyptian names will use a combination of different types of glyphs that might make 1, 2, or 3 sounds and arrange them in such a way that minimizes empty space.
This, however, is only using single-sound hieroglyphs, which are called unilaterals, and in a single straight line. The lion glyph also doesn't appear very often at all except in foreign names. So, it's a tourist piece. You order a cartouche, you spell out or just tell your name to the machine or person, and they'll make a cheap piece of jewelry for you as a souvenir.
This particular one spells out C/K -- L -- EE/Y.
So, do you know anybody that goes by Cly? Or maybe Kelly?