prenomen
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This group is usually placed above the cartouche containing the prenomen or sacred name of the king, and the four are descriptive of the authority exercised by the monarch.
From Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics by King, James
Old Marmaduke, for this formidable prenomen was a kind of appellative to the race, brought with him, to that asylum of the persecuted an abundance of the good things of this life.
From The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore
The prenomen, or divine name of Rameses, means “The supreme solar god, abounding in truth, approved of Ra.”
From Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics by King, James
To this influence our clay tablets bear witness by twice making emphatic reference to the days of the powerful “Manakhbiria”—the prenomen of King Thutmosis III.
From The Tell El Amarna Period by Hutchison, J. (Jane)
The foreign sovereigns, however, almost always addressed the Pharaoh by his prenomen.
From The Tell El Amarna Period by Hutchison, J. (Jane)
