egyptomania hieroglyphs....source/translation?

[seimodern]

I have long been drawn to fps that feature various scripts in some fashion (heart sutra pens, looking at you!), and of course the Egyptomania doué appealed to me right away.

If memory serves, MB attributed the hieroglyphs to the Book of the Dead, but I never managed to find a more detailed explanation (such as, an excerpt with translation or etc).

Does anyone happen to have more information or links/online resources they could share?

Thanks!

 

 

[NoType]

3 hours ago, seimodern said:

If memory serves, MB attributed the hieroglyphs to the Book of the Dead, but I never managed to find a more detailed explanation (such as, an excerpt with translation or etc).

Does anyone happen to have more information or links/online resources they could share?

@seimodern Thank you for making this query.  I have often wondered about the engraved hieroglyphs on the Egyptomania Doué but have not actively searched for a translation, so I am hopeful that someone here can point us in the correct direction.

[PENRob]

May google lens work ? 

[NoType]

29 minutes ago, PENRob said:

May google lens work ? 

@PENRob What a great suggestion!  Perhaps Google’s Fabricius or Hieroglyphs AI could translate the engravings on the barrel of the Egyptomania Doué.  It is definitely worth a try.  Thank you very much!

 

[sandy101]

Google suggests that it translates into "white stone mountain". 

[PENRob]

Let us know if it did... and what it says if so ! 😀

[PENRob]

White stone mountain may mean PIRAMID ? For sure most applicable in Egypt 

By origine the Gizeh piramids were covered with (white) limestone, but taken away during history for house building etc...

[NoType]

1 hour ago, PENRob said:

White stone mountain may mean PIRAMID ? For sure most applicable in Egypt 

By origine the Gizeh piramids were covered with (white) limestone, but taken away during history for house building etc...

@PENRob I believe the cartouche circled in red in the screen capture below

translates to “White Stone Mountain,” and refers to the Mont Blanc peak, as an allusion to the brand Montblanc.  
 

What we need translated are the hieroglyphs engraved on the platinum- and ruthenium-coated vintage-effect barrel sleeve.

 

[PENRob]

Wrong link by me... MONT BLANC, ofcourse, logical afterall !

[CS388]

I very much like the connection between Mont Blanc (Stone White Mountain) and the ancient white pyramid(s).

 

Great thread. Thank you.

 

(I've always enjoyed imagining how magnificent the pyramids must have appeared, with their gleaming white outer covering and gold capstones. And still now, of course, in their depleted grandeur. Monumental works!)

[NoType]

4 hours ago, PENRob said:

Wrong link by me... MONT BLANC, ofcourse, logical afterall !

@PENRob I prefer to think that you have come up with an additional link which perhaps was also intended by Montblanc designers.  

 

As @CS388 notes above, this link between the Mont Blanc peak and the Egyptian pyramids is fitting and pleasant to contemplate.

[lamarax]

Use the Rosetta stone 😁

[Todor]

Well, that was a long search for the meaning of White Stone Mountain while that is mentioned in the MB article description of the pen 😉

 

It‘s better we’d ask user Champollion, as far as I know he is speaking Old Egyptian fluently.

@lamarax The idea with the Rosetta Stone is good! Maybe you can help us with the Greek part, before we try Google Translate again..

 

[sandy101]

16 hours ago, PENRob said:

Wrong link by me... MONT BLANC, ofcourse, logical afterall !

An Egyptian noble bought a Montblanc stone  pyramid for his underlings to carve heiroglyphs telling us how wonderful he/she was.

 

On Egyptian times the 149 wasn't a finely nibbed fountain pen, but a chisel.

[Todor]

2 hours ago, sandy101 said:

… bought a Montblanc stone  pyramid for his underlings

Hehe, you trust in Harrod‘s ads a bit too much 😄

[NoType]

9 hours ago, Todor said:

the meaning of White Stone Mountain

 

9 hours ago, Todor said:

is mentioned in the MB article description of the pen

@Todor I was surprised to still be able to locate this link — https://www.montblanc.com/en-us/discover/campaign/egyptomania 

— from which I found the phrase ‘Created in partnership with an expert Egyptologist, the octagonal precious resin cap of the writing instrument is decorated with authentic hieroglyphs that translate as “white stone mountain”, denoting Montblanc.’

[NoType]

On 1/17/2025 at 2:21 PM, seimodern said:

If memory serves, MB attributed the hieroglyphs to the Book of the Dead

@seimodern Indeed, and from this link —

https://www.montblanc.com/en-us/discover/campaign/egyptomania

— can be found the statement ‘The barrel of the Doué is inscribed with hieroglyphs from the ancient “Book of the Dead” – one of the most important Egyptology discoveries that contains magic spells intended to assist while journeying through the underworld to access the afterlife.’

[Opooh]

Moet than th pyramids themselve, is the craftmanship of its creators with ( in out eyes) just basic tools and probably much ingeniousity.

[Todor]

Yes, they created „White Stone Mountain“ instead of a MB hallmark which was a bold idea, maybe too bold to put this in a cartouche as this was the privilege of Egyptian kings to have their names written this way. 
 

In fact, the quotes on the side are not from The Book of the Dead as there were every time an individualised sequence of 190 declarations and spells regarding the person in particular. Montblanc‘s quotes are from the Papyrus of Hunifer who was a scribe and high official of pharaoh Sethos I. His book is dated ca. 1300 BC:

Part of the Book of Hunifer

 

 

20 hours ago, CS388 said:

…(I've always enjoyed imagining how magnificent the pyramids must have appeared, with their gleaming white outer covering and gold capstones. And still now, of course, in their depleted grandeur. Monumental works!)

 

I am not sure if they have put golden capstones. I‘ve been told they did something even more fascinating: they tried to connect to the Sun, so they put an exterior coating made of electrum alloy atop pyramids and obelisks what is a mix of gold and silver, using alloys of white to light yellowish colour to reflect the rays of the Sun — a powerful god itself.
For ancient people this must have been stunning in the best meaning of the word!

[NoType]

55 minutes ago, Todor said:

In fact, the quotes on the side are not from The Book of the Dead as there were every time an individualised sequence of 190 declarations and spells regarding the person in particular. Montblanc‘s quotes are from the Papyrus of Hunifer who was a scribe and high official of pharaoh Sethos I. His book is dated ca. 1300 BC:

Part of the Book of Hunifer

@Todor Thank you very much for this information, especially, of course, for enlightening us that the Egyptomania Doué’s barrel engravings quote Hunefer’s Book of the Dead.  I am actually utilising Google Translate to peruse the Wikipedia article that you have generously linked.

 

In that spirit, here is another link, this one to Khan Academy:

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/ancient-mediterranean-ap/ancient-egypt-ap/a/hunefer-book-of-the-dead