TIDBITS 07/27/03

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Jewels Of The Man With Four Names

Is there a man or woman alive today who has not heard of our
mystery guest. Methinks not. He was born in an era when he
and his kind--when they rose to a certain position--assumed
four new names ... aside from the one he already owned. And
to his original name ... there was often added an extension.
John (name). Son of Sam (extension). What's your name, Mister?
My name is John Son of Sam. How famous was he, you all may well
ask? Very, I respond. So Very in fact ... that his original name
as well as new adopted names were often carved on monuments and
official documents.

Clue: He was a King in days gone by. Among his four adopted names
.... one was a Throne Name ...a name he used most often when there
was room on official documents for only one name. And yet ... I would
venture to say that very few know our chap by this Throne Name ... but
rather by his given name ... without extensions.

Clue: His name was written with a drawing. I have a picture of a
pendant of his made of heavy gold plate ... finely chased on upper and
lower surfaces ... representing his Throne Name.

Clue: His name in this pendant is represented by an oversized beetle.
A disk of the sun--inlaid with Carnelian--is held within the scarab's
front claws ... one of which is broken. This pose represents the
beetle's action in nature. Beneath the scarab is a basket made of gold
and inlaid with blue glass. This basket in separated from the beetle
itself by three vertical strokes indicating the plural. I think this
might mean that our king referred to himself in the plural. We are the
King and We demand ....

Clue: His Throne Name was Nepkheperura. While I am reasonably sure a
very scant few of you know this name ... the geographical origin might
come into focus leading some of you--if you have not already
guessed--to the lifting of the mists that hid his name from view in
your mind's eye.

Clue: The source of the gold used to make the jewelry was Nubia ...
then under this Kingdom's rule. The purity range of Nubian gold was
from 17 to 23.5 karats. It was said that gold in this king's country
was "as plentiful as dust."

As to the identity of our most famous of them all ... the identity of
our many named king who had jewels in abundance was none other than
Tut ... King Tut if you please ... Tutankhamun if you don't please. So
there it is ... another dash of useless minutiae to store away and let
clog your synapses to the point that you can consider yourselves lucky
if you remember own your name.

For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits...may I
direct you to my home page at www.tyler-adam.com where you will scroll
down the left side menu till you get to the area that says Tidbits
Graphics ... and then click on the link that says: Tut ... where
you'll see an image of his name in gold.

And there ya have it.
That's it for this week folks.
Catch you all next week.
Benjamin Mark

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