Vitrina 0. Fragmento de la titulatura real de Adijalamani

A stone inscription with Egyptian hieroglyphs, a fragment of the royal titulary of the Meroitic king Adijalamani, can be seen at the Museo de San Isidro. Los Orígenes de Madrid.

The exhibition brings together a fragment of stone inscription belonging to the titulary of the Meroitic king Adijalamani. In Egypt and in the kingdom of Meroe, monarchs bore a set of five names, two of which were enclosed in elongated ovals called cartouches. The piece corresponds to the end of the title Son of Ra.

The signs, arranged horizontally, preserve part of a text dedicated to the goddess Isis and the initial of the name of the god Amun. For a time it was believed that the piece decorated the outer doorway of the chapel that Adijalamani had built in the temple of Debod, but a closer examination places the cartouche inside, above the entrance to the chamber.

The show, which is monographic in character, focuses on a single epigraphic fragment and on the archaeological debate it generated. It will be of interest to anyone who wishes to follow closely the reading of hieroglyphs and the relationship between Meroe and Egypt.