Hieroglyphs on a wall relief
Fragment of a wall relief.
The part of the wall relief shows that Seti II was not the original owner of the monument. In the cartouche, the name of the former king has been re-carved with the name of Seti II. There is also an overlapping hieroglyphic writing in the upper left corner of the relief. The old text has not been deleted, the new hieroglyphs have just been carved over it.
The practice of usurpation / reuse, where a king added his name to what was made by a former king, and replaced it with his own name, was common.
19th dynasty, from Deir el-Medina
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Egypt of Glory – The Last Great Dynasties, Amos Rex - Helsinki 9.10.2020 - 21.3.2021
Collection of Museo Egizio, Turin
Hieroglyphs on a wall relief
Fragment of a wall relief.
The part of the wall relief shows that Seti II was not the original owner of the monument. In the cartouche, the name of the former king has been re-carved with the name of Seti II. There is also an overlapping hieroglyphic writing in the upper left corner of the relief. The old text has not been deleted, the new hieroglyphs have just been carved over it.
The practice of usurpation / reuse, where a king added his name to what was made by a former king, and replaced it with his own name, was common.
19th dynasty, from Deir el-Medina
S.6136/1
Egypt of Glory – The Last Great Dynasties, Amos Rex - Helsinki 9.10.2020 - 21.3.2021
Collection of Museo Egizio, Turin