The Double Cartouche

Immutable

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name

The Double Cartouche

tier

1

rarity

Common

description

A stone tablet discovered at Tell el-Amarna bears a single cartouche with two sets of hieroglyphics overlapping each other — one name written clearly over another that was only partially erased. Analysis confirmed both names were inscribed by the same hand at different times. In Egyptian royal tradition, a ruler only modifies their own cartouche. This tablet is a confession — someone changed their name, and left behind the evidence of who they used to be.