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{{Infobox Scenery
|name = Glyphs
|image = [[File:Glyphs.png|250x250px]]
|release = [[29 March]] [[2004]]
|update = RS2 Launched!
|members = No
|quest = None
|location = [[Al Kharid]]
|options = None
|examine = A tablet covered in weird looking little squiggles and pictures.
|map = No
|id = 911
}}
'''Glyphs''' are pieces of scenery found in almost every house in [[Al Kharid]]. The symbols depict ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, but have no relation to any Kharidian lore. They can only be [[examine]]d.

==Locations==
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|location = [[Al Kharid]]
|members = No
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|name = Glyphs
|location = [[Al Kharid Palace]] (upper floor)
|members = No
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==Background==
===Hieroglyphics===
The symbols on the object depict real-life hieroglyphs, drawn from an inscription found on the back of the [https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/3454 Pair Statue of Nebsen and Nebet-ta], which is currently on display in the {{WP|Brooklyn Museum}} in {{WP|New York City}}.

The inscription contains an {{wp|Ancient Egyptian offering formula}} addressed to {{WP|Anubis}}, dedicating offerings to the deity in the hope of receiving certain favours in the afterlife. As only the upper part of the three leftmost columns are covered by the glyphs, a fragmented text results from the translation:
[[File:Hieroglyphics matching Pair Statue back.png|thumb|300px|The photo texture used on various objects in-game, matching the inscriptions on the back of the artefact.]]
:<span style="font-size:200%;">𓇓 𓏏 𓊵 𓏙  𓈖 𓇋 𓊪 𓅱 𓏃 </span><br/>
:''An offering which the king gives to Anubis, foremost of'' (...)

:<span style="font-size:200%;">𓊻 𓂽 𓂻 𓏏 𓅓 𓂋</span><br/>
:(...) ''the necropolis, [and] can enter and leave R[esi-tjaou]'' (...)

:<span style="font-size:200%;">𓈖 𓂓 𓈖 𓏞 𓉒 𓈖 𓎟</span><br/>
:(...) ''for the ka of the scribe of the treasury of the lord of'' (...)

===Translation===
[[File:Hieroglyphs on back of Pair Statue of Nebsen and Nebet-ta.jpg|thumb|300px|The full back of the Pair Statue of Nebsen and Nebet-ta.]]
The full text consists of two offering formulas: one to Anubis, and one to Sobek.{{CiteGeneral|url=https://projetrosette.info/page.php?Id=799&TextId=50&line=1&bloc=0&langue=FR|title=Statue de Nebsen Nebet-ta (FR - 50)|author=Jean-Jacques Charlet|date=17 July 2008|accessdate=2023-06-01|publisher=Projet Rosette|archiveurl=https://archive.is/xkEEO|archivedate=2 June 2023}} Both start at opposite edges of the inscription, and converge towards a middle shared column. One formula spans the first to the third column, and is read left to right, while the other runs from the fifth column to the third, and is read from right to left.
{{Quote|''An offering which the king gives to Anubis, foremost of the divine booth, [that] he may grant that my corpse is entombed in''

''the necropolis, [and] can enter and leave Resi-tjaou, that my ba will not be obstructed in what it desires,''

''for the ka of the scribe of the treasury of the lord of the two lands, Nebsen, true of voice, and his beloved wife, the lady of the house Nebet-Ta, true of voice.''

''power, [and] emerge as a living ba sated by daily provisions,''

''An offering which the king gives to Sobek-Re, lord of Sumenu, [that] he may give me glory and''}}{{clear|left}}

===Glossary=== 
* '''Divine booth''' - an embalming station or a royal tomb; as the patron of mummification, Anubis presides over the divine booth.
* '''Resi-tjaou''' - a name used to refer to a specific part of the underworld or of the Giza Necropolis, or as a general term for cemetery.{{CitePub|author=Herbert Verreth|title=Toponyms in Demotic and Abnormal Hieratic texts from the 8th century BC till the 5th century AD|pages=568|publisher=Trismegistos|pubyear=2011}}
* '''Ba''' - a component of the soul, associated with the concept of personality.
* '''Ka''' - another component of the soul, linked to vitality.
* '''Sumenu''' - a town which housed the most prominent sanctuary of the crocodile-god Sobek.

==Historical texture==
The historical glyphs texture used in early 2004 displayed a different set of hieroglyphs, consisting of the following 18 symbols repeated twice:

:<span style="font-size:200%;">𓄿 𓈖 𓏏 𓉔 𓅱 𓈖 𓇌 𓄿 𓃭 𓅓 𓇋 𓇋 𓂧 𓄿 𓆑 𓇋 𓎼 𓄿</span><br/>

Using a naive transliteration of English letters into {{wp|Transliteration of Ancient Egyptian#Uniliteral signs|uniliteral hieroglyphs}}, the signs correspond to the letters <code>ANTHONYALMEIDAVEGA</code>. This refers to [[classicrsw:Manual:Jagex Team (2002)#August|Anthony Almeida-Vega]], a Jagex moderator credited with 3d modelling and animation who likely created the texture during the conversion of [[Al Kharid]] in the early development of ''[[RuneScape 2]]''.

==Changes==
{{Subject changes header}}
{{Subject changes
|daterange = 10 January –<br>23 January 2006
|change = The object was graphically updated again.
}}
{{Subject changes
|daterange = 14 September –<br>2 November 2004
|change = The object was graphically updated.
}}
{{Subject changes footer}}

===Gallery (historical)===
{|style="text-align: center" cellpadding="15"
|[[File:Glyphs (historical v1).png|center|300x150px]]
|[[File:Glyphs (historical v2).png|center|300x150px]]
|[[File:Glyphs.png|center|300x150px]]
|-
|29 March 2004 –<br/>Sept-Nov 2004
|Sept-Nov 2004 –<br/>10-23 January 2006
|10-23 January 2006 –<br/>present
|}

==Trivia==
* The glyph texture can additionally be found on the [[marked wall]] in the [[Shaman Caves]], as well as a number of other unnamed scenery objects on the top floor of the [[Al Kharid Palace]], levels 3 and 4 of the [[Ancient Pyramid]], the entrance to [[Klenter's Pyramid]] in [[Sophanem]], and strangely on bridge support poles in the [[Mage Arena]].
<gallery>
File:Marked wall.png|[[Marked wall]]
File:Al Kharid Palace first floor.png|[[Al Kharid Palace]] first floor
File:Klenter's Pyramid.png|[[Klenter's Pyramid]] entrance
File:Ancient Pyramid inside.png|[[Ancient Pyramid]] interior
File:Mage Arena - Glyph texture.png|[[Mage Arena]] bridge supports
</gallery>

==References==
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