I don’t know why, or even how, one would frame a plate. It seems to me that that would sort of remove all functionality of plate-ness. But someone did it and kept it and then donated it, and someone bought it, and the sucker who did the last bit is me. I have this framed plate now. It made me go, “Wow, this is a little stupid and a lot ridiculous. I’m going to put it in my house!” and so I did. It cost me $20, which I am calling money well spent.
A close-up for anyone who wants to try their hand at translation.
Input from a friend of mine with some Egyptology experience
Lol, my first guess just from the painting was Ptolemaic. The symbols in the fake cartouche are similar to Cleopatra’s but out of order.
The image in the plate is often how Cleopatra is depicted.
yep that definitely is the name of Cleopatra. The last few signs look a bit squished into the space there, but that might be just because there’s not enough space
Well hey, mystery solved! Thanks for the help, Egyptologist side of tumblr. Welcome home, Cleoplatera.
Cleopatra but written by a guy hoping to look ambiguous enough to pass a spelling test.
