Meaning of Two Ladies name | Babel Free

Definitions

The second of the five names of the pharaonic titulary, traditionally preceded by or incorporating the word nbtj.

historical

Examples

“The Two Ladies name (nebty) identifies the king with the vulture goddess Nekhbet and the cobra goddess Wadjet, representing Upper and Lower Egypt respectively.”

“The fourth king of the line, Senusret II, held a Two Ladies name in which for the first time the Two Ladies cannot be part of the name and must then be a title.”

“Some of the kings repeated part of their Horus name in their Two Ladies name, indicating that, at this time, the titulary essentially remained an elaboration of a single concept.”

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