Man-prisoner (hieroglyph) - Nine Bows Representation

Nine Bows Representation

An example of the "cartouche" form of the man-prisoner hieroglyph is found in sequences of defeated peoples. Campaigns in the Levant especially involved defeating city-state regions, one after the other. Upon returning from successful campaigns, the series of defeated peoples were portrayed in public temples.

The Ramses pharaohs, are noted for this, (Ramesses II, Ramesses III); also Shoshenq I as portrayed in the controversial Rohl book of Pharaohs and Kings. At Karnak Shoshenq I portrayed 39 cartouches of nine bows, in 3 rows of cartouches; each rebel group or state, is named in egyptian hieroglyphs.

• Prisoner, being held from behind on the Battlefield Palette

• The Man-(prisoner) variant as incorporated into identifying cartouches-(a list of captive/defeated peoples)

• Captives-(prisoners)-a memorial to Nectanebo II

• Complex hieroglyphs; (Note the "Sky"/Heaven hieroglyph: in a stylized form)

• Prisoner ligatured with Vertical Stake
  (stake: a Prop of the Sky-(the Four Quarters of the Heavens))

• (Close-up below columns of hieroglyphs) Prisoner-tied-to-Stake