Ancient Egyptian Forum

[ibnbatuta]

Dubai architecture has a lot of amusing references to ancient Egyptian religion, with places like Wafi City & the Raffles hotel. There's no shortage of hieroglyphics throughout the interiors, but this one caught my eye... here's a photo I've taken in one of the malls in Dubai:

http://picasaweb.google.com/109808632564839468080/UntitledAlbum#5540112117845830770

Can anyone make it out?

[Google]

[ibnbatuta]

Enhanced the image now.

[img]http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/AKwENip8rvBQdx-FfUhjIQ?feat=directlink[/img]

Having no previous experience deciphering hieroglyphs, looking up all the images hasn't been easy. A half-way, rough result below. Could be gibberish, but maybe if someone expertised on the forum can have a glance and make something meaningful out of it, would be very intriguing indeed!


ROPE V4

BASKET V30 FOR EVERY / OF ALL / LORD OF THE




P8H
OAR HORIZONTAL
TWO OARS
T1 T1 = mn = rarely rarely
O34 = s / z / DOORBAR / SEPARATED DOORBAR / OPENING DOOR

? T1 = ? RARELY
U20 T1 = nw mn = NEW MAN = NEWMAN
? V13/V14 = ? tj = ? is/indicate/ become

D52 D51 =
mt/PHALLUS/MANLIKE/MAN/DONKEY/BULL
dqr/FINGERNAIL/ACTIVITY WITH FINGER/MEASURE/TAKE/GO




?



G25/26 = aich/ALAS-SPIRIT/hb/IBIS



V28 X1+X1+X1
hh/WICK/ALAS t/BREAD/FEMALE/FEMININE/WOMAN = 3 WOMEN


N14 sb3


N35 n / WATER RIPPLE / PHARAOH DEN OF FIRST DYNASTY


Z2 PLURAL STROKE HORIZONTAL = THE NUMBER 3, PLURAL, MAJORITY, COLLECTIVE CONCEPT, MULTIPLICITY OF / SUBSTITUTE GLYPH FOR SIGNS PERCEIVED TO BE TOO DANGEROUS TO BE ACTUALLY WRITTEN



G17 m/OWL


I19 f/HORNED ADDER



D47 HAND/ONLY IN HAND/HANDED/DJRT




W18 WATER JAR WITH RACK VARIANT / ichnt



A7 MAN WITH HANGING ARMS/TO BE TIRED OR WEAK/WRDJ



?


S34 X8 = nh/ANKH/LIFE/AFTERLIFE/ETERNAL LIFE/ GIVE/CONICAL LOAF/BRADCONE/di/imi

OR IS IT O24?
OR M44=THORN/TIP/SHARPLY?


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V31 =BASKET WITH HANDLE/k OR V30=BASKET/nb





Z2ss N28

PLURAL STROKE CONDENSED = THE NUMBER 3, PLURAL, MAJORITY, COLLECTIVE CONCEPT, MULTIPLICITY OF / SUBSTITUTE GLYPH FOR SIGNS PERCEIVED TO BE TOO DANGEROUS TO BE ACTUALLY WRITTEN

RISING SUN/REJOICE/CORONATION/CROWNING/ERECTING/kha



S21 = RING/jwaw
OR N5 = SUNDISC/EVENT OF TIME



W1 OIL OINTMENT OR W14 WATER JAR/m/gs/SIDE/SIDE AREA???
??? S16??
S38 OR M6 tr/tj/rj/TIME OR U32 smn/zmn/SALT/HEAVILY/SMASH OR w3s/Wt






W18 WATER JAR WITH RACK VARIANT / ichnt





N21 N21 N30 TWO COUNTRIES/TWO FIELDS/TWO HORIZONS/TWO VISIBILITIES/ ??



? ?

WHICH G? WHICH BIRD? G28 mm? G43 w-u/QUAIL?



S3 n/RED CROWN OF LOWER EGYPT-DSCHRT/bjt/sdjAwtj-bjtj[img][/img]

[anubis0908]

I have some experience and it does seem like it is giberish but then again someone with more experience then i could maybe make more out of it then i can

[tbruner]

I tried to learn hieroglyphs when I was younger. It just seemed a waste of time if I am not an Egyptologist. I have translated yours. It says anyone who opens these doors will fall into a 50ft pit with spikes sticking up from the ground. My advise is don't open the doors. Ask Indiana Jones.